Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/11

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Subject: RE: [Leica] The fine line between art and pornography
From: Tina Manley <images@InfoAve.Net>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 09:28:23 -0500
References: <7629EB4795F39146A4D2ECC655CD68EA2B1310@asc02.asc.upenn.edu>

At 05:55 AM 12/11/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>Kyle,
>
>Re. http://www.nerve.com/Dispatches/Martin/Face_premium/Face_text.asp
>
>Is it art ?  No.  I think the photos I find it thought
>provoking, but not "pretty" enough.  I am sorry that it
>offends Ted and Tina and Steve B. that the link is posted
>to the LUG, but I think it brought some insights  about
>the nature of art.

Phong -

I never said that it offended me that it was posted to the LUG.  I read 
Kyle's warning and looked at it anyway.  I don't blame Kyle at all. In 
fact, I agree with him that the cheesecake type photographs taken by some 
glamor photographers are even more offensive.  That doesn't mean that I 
like these photographs, though.  In both cases the subjects of the 
photographs seem to me to be exploited objects rather than human 
beings.  That is my definition of pornography.

Tina


Tina Manley, ASMP
www.tinamanley.com


http://www.pdiphotos.com
http://www.workbookstock.com
http://www.newscom.com
http://www.americanphotojournalist.com


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