[Leica] Legs

[photo.forrest at earthlink.net (Phil)]

I know I have touched on this before, but just for curiosity's sake, I
passed the image that Luis posted on to a few of my female friends.

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Miscellaneous/L1015811.jpg.html

when they saw it, both said it was hopefully a posed shot for product
and if not, then it was borderline up-skirt and on the edge of leering.
One said the black & white one was better in case anyone wonders, but
both were a bit unnerved about the image and how it was made.

This is what I've been saying for quite some but somewhere between
leering, questionable content, objectification and "art" the line is
blurred. Yes, what I see is a nice photo but like so many others of
very attractive women and the backs of their heads or their backsides
or whatnot, isn't it just improper? Do these women get to voice their
opinion? "Oh you took a photo of my legs that almost looks up my skirt?
Fantastic!"

And no, it's not a difference in culture, because that kind of
objectification is frowned upon the whole world over, not just in the
US.

Many of these photos are very well exposed, very technically decent
images. Great focus, decent composition and all, but somewhere there is
a fuzzy boundary between "street" photography or candids and straight
up objectification, bordering on indecency solely due to that
objectification.

Phil Forrest