Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jul 25, 2009, at 8:42 AM, George Lottermoser wrote: > Thank you for the reference image Phil. > I went back and found the photograph. > > (I'm now talking about this image > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Barcelona/L1006915.jpg.html>) > The photograph does not fit into what I think of as "street > photography." > Nor do I see anything offensive or disrespectful in the photograph. > I see a beautiful young woman tastefully presented > as she herself has chosen to present herself in public spaces. > > I don't think it's a particularly strong photograph. > It's a "look at this beautiful young woman on this lovely summer > day" catch. > I gave it 1 second glance when first posted some days ago. what George said... hardly a masterpiece but then again...this photo, this photographer... anyone who sees something here to get their shorts in a knot over.... proves my point exactly, which was.. "the leer is from the viewer..." Steve > > If I were going to attach a genre name to the image > it falls most closely into a "candid, environmental portrait" genre; > to my way of thinking. > > Because Ann's 22 year old daughter lives with us > I know how much time (probably) went into this subjects "look" for > the day. > She decided how she wanted to be "seen." > > I cannot imagine that this photograph > presents a moral dilemma for a photographer > or a photographic community with, > what often seems like, > a distinct preference for documentary photographs. > > Here's examples of what advertisers feed our young people as fashion > and style sense: > <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/21/sex-in-the-sky-most-scand_n_241965.html > > > > > This combined with the fact that apparently young (and in some cases > very young) people > currently send nude photographs of each other on their cell phones > is socio/cultural discussion worth having on photographic list. > > > I have the utmost respect for women. > I grew up with a mother and sister (and absent father). > I lived with a wife and daughter for 25 years; > and have lived with Ann and her daughter for over 20 more. > My 4 year old granddaughter qualifies as the most beautiful person > in my life at the moment. > > I feel no shame in appreciating the beauty of either my own or the > opposite sex (of any age). > Healthy appreciation does not suddenly become "lecherous" by one > person's proclamation. > > We are both sensual and sexual beings. > Our novels, poems, films, music and visual art celebrate > and endlessly examine that fact. > These are not "red herrings." > > Certainly people will always question taste and or limits. > However, the photograph in question does not cross any sort of line > regarding respect or lecherous intent to my eyes. > > Obviously, it does for others. > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > On Jul 25, 2009, at 1:13 AM, Steve Barbour wrote: > >> the leer thanks to the viewer, not from the person who took the >> photo, > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information