Re: PF gallery 04-10-10 disturbance

[Trevor Cunningham <trevor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Acceptability is a subjective matter of taste which, in and of itself, 
will never have a conclusion. However, I am more interested in the 
intellectual inconsistency of people who express dismay that others 
might feel compelled to censor "disturbing" images, all while attempting 
to cross barriers just to make such a point. Ultimately, any art should 
convey some level of message or aesthetic, it's just unfortunate when 
that message is redundant...but, that's my opinion.

Personally, the image doesn't compel me to comment. But since I've 
joined this discussion, I must say that it's a little contrasty (HP5+?), 
and the composition doesn't sit well with me. I feel I need to see the 
head, or else it seems to be the use of a naked body for the sake of 
using a naked body. I this was this taken in a class with a model. It's 
difficult to make images taken in the context of a class not seem 
contrived. As for any feeling it produces, I get a sense of the ordinary 
having an overwhelming, if not to the point of being sad or pathetic, 
urge to hide itself, but cannot fully disguise its own reality.