[pure-silver] Re: Sally Mann lecture in Houston
- From: Lee Carmichael <click76112@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 09:24:14 -0500
Shannon Stoney wrote:
Shannon,
I dont think this is about degrees or anything. This may be about
pushing the envelope in the art world. Remember that these photos of
her kids are at least 10 years old now maybe more and todays
attitudes were not prevalent then. All I am trying to do is maybe
shed some light on to what she did or was attempting to do. It is
not about what is right.
lee\c
I was trying to remember what attitudes about the sexualization of
little girls was back in the early 90s. Maybe we understand things
now that were not so obvious back then, although in some ways back
then was a sort of high water mark of feminism in the arts.
For me, this is about what is right. It seems wrong to me to use your
children in that way. I would go so far as to call it a kind of child
abuse. It amazes me that the art world hasn't and still doesn't see it
that way. The right thing to do, I think, for her would be to admit
that it she made a mistake and stop showing and promoting those
pictures. She can't recall all the books, but she could stop showing
the slides of her children in provocative poses. I think it's
damaging to girls to see other girls displayed in that way.
--shannon
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I remember reading a magazine article some time ago that Jessie Mann
wrote or helped write. I found it once on line but today I have not
seen it yet. Maybe I will come across it soon. I said that these
images were made 10 years ago but it looks like more like the early 80s
so that is closer to 25 years ago now.
lee\c
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