Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/05/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I miss having your work here ric > On May 9, 2018, at 6:55 PM, Geoff Hopkinson via LUG <lug at > leica-users.org> wrote: > > Hello all. I mainly follow via browsing the archives. I thought that this > thread contained many little insights into attitudes of those posting. > Quite a mix of subjects included. > To focus on the photography only I edited out comments I was going to > include regarding Facebook, Me Too and Russian activities. > > I regularly shoot fashion nude as Ted knows. Those models are adult women, > in charge of themselves and almost always well paid professionals who have > chosen to specialise in that modelling genre. > > I see no exploitation nor power imbalance in that scenario. The opposite > in fact, where genuine photographers go to lengths to ensure that the model > is respected and comfortable. > Shooting nudes is anything but sexual, or should be. It brings its own > challenges for light and pose and beauty. > I can predict what any one of those women would have to say, regarding > being exploitation, or power imbalance or being told what they should do > etc. > > I looked at the link provided and noticed a lot of work that I think fits > Tina's characterisation of salacious and unenjoyable. I think it would be > unfair to label the whole genre in that way. > > I stopped sharing any images whether fashion/beauty or with any nudity in > the LUG simply because they didn't seem to fit with anything anyone else > shares. > Worse though (not specific to the LUG) is where the only comments might > actually be a personal comment about the model's body, not of the > photography. > I hate tattoos or she needs a good feed or the like. That attitude and if > people want to impose their own standards on others, I see as a society > problem. > > > > > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information