I think Russ explained what his "formula" is. And as I said, I think it's a cute photo (if a bit retro but then so am I). But I don't analyze photos; rather I approach them emotionally, especially my own. This is why I don't "review" the gallery images and why I mostly lurk on the forum. Images either do it for me or they don't. It's a gut feeling.
As for the model "dressed up like a little girl", the only little girls I see dressed anything like that are the little girl beauty pageants that are sometimes on cable tv. Those are real kiddie porn. Interestingly enough, almost all the parents at these travesties are the mothers. The model in Russ' image, by contrast, looks quite old enough to pose like that.
Ok, so I'm just a dirty old man. Fine. It's a title I wear proudly, one bestowed on me by my loving wife. And that's my final word on this
topic.
Richard.
--- On Mon, 5/10/10, Trevor Cunningham <trevor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In my case, Andy, I find it's not at all the representation of a womanly
form. I actually might respect the image more if she were fully nude and
modeling the womanly form. However, the element that troubles me (this
isn't a witch hunt, I'm just /sharing/ my perspective as a member of the
Forum) is that she's dressed up like a little girl and holding a toy
horse. Even if a pin-up is the objective, a child image has been
sexualized, regardless the age of the model. Pin-ups have always been
sexually suggestive images, and still are. And I actually think it's
great that Russ offers this service to people allowing them to create
gifts for their intimate partners or giving models
an opportunity to
explore more daring images and expand their portfolio. But when you
dress the model up like a child in an intentionally sexual manner, I
feel a line has been crossed. In example, for the few guys who wrote
they thought the model's outfit was "cute", could you share what's cute
about it? Is it the frilly lace? Is it the little red buttons? Or, is
the outfit just a little too tight like she just grew out of it?
Perhaps, it's the toy horse she's holding between her legs? Russ, you
made the image, what's the formula here?
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