Bill Henson - and that's a very different matter. I'm ambivalent about
his work - the images are wonderful but...
And I think that's his intention.
Best to avoid anyone between 5-18yo these days unless you're looking
for trouble - and he is.
And as for that other Oz photog, Anne Geddes - well I'm planning a
Geddes style shot of a newborn - in a cooking pot with a few carrots
and onions. That should express my opinion of her work.
Creepy, but in a whole different sort of way. :-)
If people around here think I'm just a dirty old man shooting for
trashy, girly magazines, so what. They're at least partly right.
Here's a few from today - might cheer up your weekend.
No, not art tho' there's an art to it and no nudes but rather nice
anyway.
http://www.pbase.com/afildes/ellie
(My gawd - the EXIF said I was less than two metres away for most of
these - no wonder I had trouble breathing!)
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 03/04/2010, at 11:13 PM, <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm not at my own computer as I write this, so I have to rely on
> memory
> and can not refer to saved files, but think that the most recent
> photographer was a very well known (in Australia) and very successful
> photographer named Benson. The instance in question was his very
> tasteful
> portrait of a nude 12-year-old girl seated on rocks at the seashore,
> taken
> and displayed with the full agreement and permission of the girl
> concerned,
> AND her parents. The Prime Minister of Australia went ballistic,
> with his
> words making headlines in the major newspapers. (I don't watch TV,
> but I
> wouldn't be surprised if he went public there as well).
>
>
> I have one female friend in NZ who has the same attitude about the
> very
> successful woman photographer (again my memory fails me, as I have
> not seen
> this person's work for many months) who photographs only babies, and
> creates beautiful calendars and other printed works. My friend would
> have
> this photographer hung, drawn, and quartered, for her "abuse of
> children in
> a manner akin to pornography and without their permission".
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