Lea's comments are right on the mark. Maybe the other side in this discussion (I know, I'm oversimplifying to say only two sides) can try replacing the woman/sex aspect with black/slave instead. Would people be willing to photograph "happy black slaves" in provocative poses? Posing for a photo with a caption that reads: "Ahh, sittin' down aftuh a hahd day's work in the hot sun an' nuthin but grits an' wateh on de table" ?
There is a common term for that kind activity: catering to prurient interests. Legal? Sure, at least up to a point. But where does it belong?
-yoram
On May 10, 2010, at 11:15 AM, Lea Murphy wrote: Wow.
Take a gander at the numbers of women and children trapped in sex trades across the world and you'll see we aren't 'over this' no matter what the year is.
Russ has a right to take this type of image, no question about it.
And that same freedom of _expression_ grants us the right to discuss it.
That is the beauty of free speech.
Lea On May 10, 2010, at 9:48 AM, R V wrote: Geeze... give it a rest... the gal wanted to pose like this.. she likes it...if men like it, fine...if women like it, fine, too.
I thought in 2010 we are so over this and be who we want to be without having to make any excuses to anyone.
That's true liberation.
Renate
On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 9:10 AM, Emily L. Ferguson elf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
At 9:36 AM -0400 5/10/10, John Palcewski wrote:
Let's consider how people would have reacted had the caption been
different from:
"Yep...I just keep on churnin' out them thar purdy pictures! "
This is like a masculine wink and a nudge in a strip club. Dude!
It's just a bunch of "purdy" gals without their clothes on! Hardy,
har, HAR.
The costume, the look, is above anything else SEXUAL.
Why claim otherwise?
And that is, indeed, the questio
ue with Russ shooting this sort of stuff, although philosophically and socially I have big issues with the stuff. But the real problem for me is that Russ appears to not understand what the market is that he's meeting. It's even OK with me if he likes shooting this stuff, but I find it really sad that he doesn't emit even the tiniest sense that many on the forum are dismayed that he isn't interested in finding a less troubling way of making a living.
Sure, one can shoot and get paid well for shooting dog fights, but where does ones ethical sense come in.
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