[Leica] Legs

[steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)]

On Aug 28, 2010, at 10:35 PM, Phil wrote:

> I know I have touched on this before, but just for curiosity's sake, I
> passed the image that Luis posted on to a few of my female friends.
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Miscellaneous/L1015811.jpg.html
> 
> when they saw it, both said it was hopefully a posed shot for product
> and if not, then it was borderline up-skirt and on the edge of leering.
> One said the black & white one was better in case anyone wonders, but
> both were a bit unnerved about the image and how it was made.
> 
> This is what I've been saying for quite some but somewhere between
> leering, questionable content, objectification and "art" the line is
> blurred. Yes, what I see is a nice photo but like so many others of
> very attractive women and the backs of their heads or their backsides
> or whatnot, isn't it just improper? Do these women get to voice their
> opinion? "Oh you took a photo of my legs that almost looks up my skirt?
> Fantastic!"
> 
> And no, it's not a difference in culture, because that kind of
> objectification is frowned upon the whole world over, not just in the
> US.
> 
> Many of these photos are very well exposed, very technically decent
> images. Great focus, decent composition and all, but somewhere there is
> a fuzzy boundary between "street" photography or candids and straight
> up objectification, bordering on indecency solely due to that
> objectification.


all absolute nonsense of course,


sorry Phil,


Steve








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