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Christine

Christine — Thu, 29 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000

To be photographed in the nude at such a budding time in their sexual development is probably extremely empowering to them (to combat their insecurities).

children aren’t sex objects and shouldn’t be looked upon in a sexual manner, but nudity doesn’t have to be sexual.. the human body is beautiful and there are many artistic interpretations one can make from the images of a developing body.

Kezia

Kezia — Thu, 29 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000

This story reveals again how insecure our society is with nudity, as even in a legitimate artistic setting, nudity still automatically equates to sexuality, and stirs actions like these. This has more to do with the offended audience’s insecurities with nudity and sex than it does with the adolescent nude model.

Matz

Matz — Thu, 29 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000

As an artist, if you’re pissing people off, you’re probably on the right track. It means you’ve got them thinking.

Here’s a question: do adults want to keep the innocence of childhood for the children’s sake, or for their own?

Graeme

Graeme — Thu, 29 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Thanks for the interesting comments, all.

When Oscar Wilde’s book ”The Picture of Dorian Gray” was published and caused a huge sensation for being so allegedly immoral - it was actually the case that other than the murder of the artist who painted his picture, none of Dorian Gray’s wickedness and wrongdoing was actually described. It was left to the imaginations of the readers. So - people who saw specific evils were projecting them from their own minds. That is a similar dynamic to this situation where the nude adolescent is demonised because of what the critics and the moralists are perceiving in (i.e. projecting into) the images.

Souransu

Souransu — Thu, 29 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000

we always make hue and cry against anything that goes wrong in our society, but we forget that we are also the party in it. we need to change ourself first and stop blaming the society, rest will follow.