Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Pornography: a portrayal of erotic behavior designed to cause sexual excitement Art: well the past days we have had hundreds of definitions on that Thin line?? in this case very thick line! As most art today is conceptual - big French painters of the 19th century was at their time conceptual too, it is the concept of the cumshot-exhibition and not the darkroom work that has to be considered. What is the idea behind the project - does the creation of this exhibition change our minds - do we stop to think - reflect - are we provoked. I am certainly not provoked - I could not care less if it was ketchup they were smothered in. Semen is not offensive - Nudity is not offensive It is offensive that so many percent of the internet is covered with pictures unhappy teens in cumshot-scenes only to make some few disgusting men richer and a lot of fools excited. If this exhibit can make us stop up and think instead of sticking the head in the bush, then it is fine with me. The pictures certainly takes of the erotica of cumshots if the ever were an element of erotica in that concept The pictures are in another way strong - how would any of you look if you had just been covered with semen - would you laugh - cry - vomit - pretend nothing happened? I don't think that one should be turned of or on by art photography - it is just as good to be an art photographer as a photojournalistic photographer - some one on this list stated that they never thought of Kyle as an art photographer as that was something bad - it is not - but there are bad artist and bad photographers! Adrian Morgan wrote: >It would depend on where you want to draw the line of the act finishing. > >i would suggest that having semen on you is still part of the sexual act. > >i wonder if people would have been so offended if it was all women who were >in this position. i.e. Is it particularly offensive because there is >male-male sexual contact? I find lots of people have no issue with gay >people as long as they don't exhibit any openly gay contact as that makes >people sqeamish. > >Art is all about creating a reaction. whether that be revulsion (the >carved up animals in formaldehyde (sp?)) or fear (some of James Nachtwey >work comes to mind) or happiness. I think he succedded in creating art, >because of everyones reactions. There is something powerful about it to >cause this much passionate reponse. > >Thanks Kyle for bringing it to our attention! > > > >>>G e o r g e L o t t e r m o s e r 12/12/03 >>> >>> >>They're not portraits of an intimate, inherently sexual act. >>They're portraits of individuals, exposed a moment after an >>inherently sexual act. >> >>Adrian Morgan12/11/03 >> >> >> >>>for me, they are portraits of an intimate, inherently sexual >>>act, but without the sex. >>> >>> >>Fond regards, >> >>G e o r g e L o t t e r m o s e r, imagist >> >><>Peace<> <>Harmony<> <>Stewardship<> >> >>Presenting effective messages in beautiful ways >> since 1975 >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>web <www.imagist.com> >>eMail george@imagist.com >>voice 262 241 9375 >>fax 262 241 9398 >> Lotter Moser & Associates >>10050 N Port Washington Rd - Mequon, WI 53092 >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>-- >>To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >> >> > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html