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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 07/25/2007 04:57:14 PM · #1
I just saw an entry in the lucky 7 challenge. It was the one w/ all the dildos.

The comments on that photo were hysterical. People saying its inappropiate. Come on. They are plastic or rubber or glass whatever. Can't believe people think that is worse than a photo of actual nudity with real breasts.

This photo was not inapropriate. What is inapropriate is allowing kids on this site. 18 and over would be great. No one should have to explain to their 8 year old what they are because that kid shouldn't be on the site at all.

Photography is a wide world. There are so many subjects that can be photographed in amazing ways. Photography takes a bit of maturity as well as the ability to put personal tastes aside for the greater good of the art. If nudity bothers you, don't look and don't express your opinion because it is clouded by the fact you don't like nudity. If a piece of rubber made into a phallic form for the purpose of sexual gratification bothers you, don't look. Its a very easy concept.

Everyone who considers themselves a photographer is going to have a different view of the art. No 2 will see the world the same, especially from behind a lens. There should be 1 commonality to all of us. That is the ability to put our first emotional reaction aside and see the image for what it is. If we could do that, I think that eveyone would have a chance to come out of their comfort zone and photograph objects that they would never have dreamed of photographing which would in teh end help photography progress.

Sony Alpha a6400
Sony E 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 PZ OSS
 07/25/2007 05:01:43 PM · #2
Originally posted by Jmnuggy:
If nudity bothers you, don't look and don't express your opinion because it is clouded by the fact you don't like nudity.


I'm gonna have to think about this idea for a while and get back to ya ;) I'm sorta glad that this isn't the logic used in most debates.
Apple iPhone 5
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
 07/25/2007 05:02:21 PM · #3
Originally posted by Jmnuggy:
...because that kid shouldn't be on the site at all.

Photography is a wide world.

Unless you're a kid, apparently.
Nikon D80
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX
 07/25/2007 05:02:22 PM · #4
I suppose that would be why parental consent is required, eh? ;-)
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM II
07/25/2007 05:05:07 PM · #5
Isn't the "Hide adult content" switch is for? under the preferences?

-dave
Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 07/25/2007 05:51:02 PM · #6
18+ would be great.

No emo, no cellphone pics, no emo, no worries about the FBI kicking your door in because some moron posted naked shots of his 15 year old girlfriend, no emo, no emo, no emo.

Any great artists lost in the process would simply return after some time even greater and more mature in their craft.

Make it so.
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