Similar To The The Recent Vanity Fair topless Pic 'Scandal'

taracor · May 13, 2008

Yeah, I completely agree, the definition of "porn" is so...I dunno how to put it exactly, but everything nowadays is considered porn.

I was in Seattle a few months ago, and saw a bunch of girls go insane when a photographer took a picture of something near them, and kept screaming that he was taking pornographic photos. They actually so far as to call the police (who didn't care, at all).

It's crazy.

(Also, I haven't actually seen these photos mentioned, because, frankly, I don't want a knock on the door from the feds, but, my point remains)

Battou · May 13, 2008

taracor said:
(Also, I haven't actually seen these photos mentioned, because, frankly, I don't want a knock on the door from the feds, but, my point remains)

There is nothing remotely scandalous or devious about them.

The primary one (first one Iron Flatline provided) is little more than half a visable nipple in a bubble bath, the other one (Vanity Fair one) is not even that much.

This from what I have read was a case of a parent going overboard over something minor.

The Vanity Fair one was a different story when the person had second thoughts after publication when it dawned on her that her primary fan base is children and young teens, and then apologysing. then the press made it out to be more than it was.

*EDIT*

Here is the Vanity Fair image

[From VF]

Alex_B · May 13, 2008

so where is the problem, cannot see any.

It is just breasts, and as Iron has found out in his research, they are pretty common among member s of the female gender

As I said in earlier threads, there are many beaches in Europe where girls run around topless, no matter which age.

Iron Flatline · May 13, 2008

EDIT: IT just occurs to me that on a photography forum it might be assumed I applied the Joker treatment to this image. I didn't. I found it on Perez Hilton, without attribution.

Garbz · May 13, 2008

deudeu said:
I haven't seen anything that would have made good old continental europe raise an eyebrow.

How prude Britain and its old colonies can be has always been incredible to me.

As a European now living in said British penal colony I find this to be right on the mark. Down here they have previously considered banning all sorts of beer adds, ads that have sexy girls in them, and other things that make you wonder if the entire country hasn't got any bigger concerns.

I remember going back to Austria for 3 months. Every second advert was for alcohol, and one lovely advert featuring a fully nude female bearing all. That ad was for butter as far as I can remember.

Rhys · May 13, 2008

If all we can do is to worry about naked bodies, video games, films and all that lot of stuff when the real world has more pressing problems then we all need a reality check.

Alex_B · May 13, 2008

Rhys said:
If all we can do is to worry about naked bodies, video games, films and all that lot of stuff when the real world has more pressing problems then we all need a reality check.

same if we worry about apertures and shutter speeds and composition

Just joking, in a way you are right of course!