[pure-silver] Re: Censorship
- From: vellum <vellum@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:49:18 +0000
That's not the reason for the censorship. The article in the Modesto
Bee states clearly that "A couple of visitors voiced objections to
gallery staff members". Furthermore, the article implies that the
gallery operators felt that the images crossed the line of good taste
and states that the gallery board felt the photos were inappropriate for
children.
It's just plain old prudish censorship born of an anti-human morality.
Here's the url to the article so you can read it and decide for yourself.
http://www.modbee.com/1544/story/143951.html
Shannon Stoney wrote:
> This censorship seems very silly to me, but here's a possible
> explanation: when I used to model for a figure drawing class, there
> was a rule that nobody could take a photograph of the model unless he
> or she explicitly gave his or her consent. But people were busily
> drawing the model all the time! I think the reason was that a drawing
> or painting of a nude figure is not easily pinned down as to who the
> model is. But a photograph is much more obviously of a certain
> individual.
>
> Could this have had anything to do with the case in point?
>
> --shannon
>
> On Dec 6, 2007, at 1:00 PM, B P wrote:
>
>> There are two photographers who do silver-gelatin prints who had
>> their prints removed from a show after they had already past through
>> a jury and were hung. The artists are, David Schroeder, a local
>> Psychologist and Lee Bailey, the lab tech and teachers assistant at
>> the Jr. College that I attend. I saw the images and there were
>> beautiful images of beautiful figures. They were not distasteful in
>> the least bit. I went to the show and it's full of nude paintings.
>> The paintings were just as nude as the photographs. The only images
>> that were taken down from the show were photographs! It's my opinion
>> that the body is artwork in and of itself. That viewing a beautiful
>> human form would cause such discomfort for someone says troubling
>> things about that person, not the artwork or the artist. Should we
>> not see the human form as artwork unless it looks 'less real'?
>>
>>
>> Have any of you had this kind of trouble showing your photographs of
>> the figure?
>>
>> You can read the story at modbee.com you just scroll down a bit and
>> you will see it.
>>
>> I think I'll go write a letter to the editor.
>>
>> Becky Lynn
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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