BBC showed members of the public the photo which was removed from an exhibition. Personally, I see it as two innocent children playing. I can't understand a mentality which makes nudity and pornography the same thing - they clearly are not, so in my book it isn't porn. I honestly get quite worried by the thought processes of those who regard this kind of thing as porn. Children do this kind of thing all the time, but usually not in front of the lens of a camera. But I may concede it is exploitative, insofar as the subjects of the photograph were much too young to consent to the publication and public display of their image. This image of "Klara and Edda Belly Dancing" by Nan Golding has been exhibited countless times and printed without complaint, but if there is a complaint about it I think it is merely one of exploitation of the subjects, not of pornography.
2007-09-27
14:24:33
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Phil McCracken
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