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Iron Flatline
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Anyone looking at those images would notice an element of sexuality. That is the point of the images. But that in no way means they are pornographic, or in some ways abusive to the children. They simply reference those elements. They also reference Romance photography. That does not make me want to fall in love with children like I might with a grown-up person, just like the sexual reference does not make me actually want to have sex with them. The point is to tweak those elements. But of course the American Taliban will be first to yell Child Porn, because in the US there are so many people who can't WAIT to tell other people how to live their lives, and what they think is wrong. You are asking a cultural question. And this is an American forum. American culture is based on a Christian Calvinist basis, and one of the tenets is "Forgive me Father, I had bad Thoughts." This is not the case in other cultures. As a Jew, we define ourselves (in part) as the difference between what we think, and what we actually do. There are no impure thoughts.
I would take my kids out of school for two weeks and travel half-way around the world if my kids could be part of a Sally Mann project. She has a wonderful, gentle eye, and sees how kids emulate grown-ups. It's why I try (and fail) to watch my language around my three kids, because they will say things at school that make the normies blush.
I would take my kids out of school for two weeks and travel half-way around the world if my kids could be part of a Sally Mann project. She has a wonderful, gentle eye, and sees how kids emulate grown-ups. It's why I try (and fail) to watch my language around my three kids, because they will say things at school that make the normies blush.