Forum: Photography


Subject: The day that Spencer Tunick came to town.......a long story

Rork1973 opened this issue on Jan 06, 2002 ยท 29 posts


PunkClown posted Mon, 07 January 2002 at 4:35 PM

Andrew, I agree with Bsteph, I'm sure the child will be fine. I don't know for sure what you mean by the comment that "the child is being used to/for nudity" In what way? This is not pornography! I have seen children grow into young adults with very disturbed views on the human body...ever heard of anorexia? I would say that this child may simply grow with a better acceptance of the human body in all its diffrent shapes and sizes! Look at the photo...does the child seem frightened, disturbed or anxious? Is the child crying? The child looks quite peaceful to me. I get disturbed by the fact I can't have the evening news on when my (nearly)4 year old daughter is in the room because of fear she may be traumatised by some of the REALLY BAD things happening in the world. I am disturbed by that fact that in supposedly 'civilised' parts of the world young children have to be checked for GUNS & KNIVES before entering school. I get disturbed by a lot of things, but not by these photos, or how you or I perceive this young child is being brought up...you have no idea how that child's parents are bringing them up...so i think you should perhaps not judge them on the basis of one photo. BTW, With all due respects Andrew, I know you mean well and are obviously a good man to be so concerned by the child's welfare...but, you feel you "maybe want to smack the parents in the head?" well, there's nothing like a bit of good old fashioned VIOLENCE to cure "wrong thinking" is there?