Lock up your daughters. Please.
Is it just me or does everyone think there is no such thing as a fine line between art and child porn?
Last night police raided a trendy, mainstream art gallery in Paddington Sydney, seizing photographs by Bill Henson, featuring naked 12 and 13 year-old girls.
You can see the photos on the net if you like – they are nothing like art – they are the saddest thing I have ever seen.
Dark, sombre photos, featuring little girls completely nude. If the subjects were adult, I might think the photos were beautiful. But they’re not – the wide eyed, frail and vulnerable nudes are children.
There seems to be an explosion at the moment – every so called 'Hollywood' parent seems happy to make their little girl famous for getting her gear off. They might be kidding themselves that it’s art…but it’s not…take one look at the photos from Bill Hensen – I have no doubt they will be saved straight to favourites on every pedophile computer in the world. It honestly makes me want to cry.
Every time a 13 year old gets her gear off, and someone defends it as art, we break down the taboo…and in no time at all they lose the capacity to shock. And before long, we move the bar a little lower.
Cover up your little girls – there is heaps of time for them to be models and actresses and objects of desire for strangers.
It’s not prudish..it’s basic protection.
Last night police raided a trendy, mainstream art gallery in Paddington Sydney, seizing photographs by Bill Henson, featuring naked 12 and 13 year-old girls.
You can see the photos on the net if you like – they are nothing like art – they are the saddest thing I have ever seen.
Dark, sombre photos, featuring little girls completely nude. If the subjects were adult, I might think the photos were beautiful. But they’re not – the wide eyed, frail and vulnerable nudes are children.
There seems to be an explosion at the moment – every so called 'Hollywood' parent seems happy to make their little girl famous for getting her gear off. They might be kidding themselves that it’s art…but it’s not…take one look at the photos from Bill Hensen – I have no doubt they will be saved straight to favourites on every pedophile computer in the world. It honestly makes me want to cry.
Every time a 13 year old gets her gear off, and someone defends it as art, we break down the taboo…and in no time at all they lose the capacity to shock. And before long, we move the bar a little lower.
Cover up your little girls – there is heaps of time for them to be models and actresses and objects of desire for strangers.
It’s not prudish..it’s basic protection.
posted by Caroline Hutchinson at 7:45 AM
1 Comments:
I stumbled across your blog when I was looking for information about the closure of Bill Henson's exhibition today. Judging by the number of comments on your previous posts, I'd say that it really IS just you. Perhaps you should perform a little research, or maybe just pause to reflect even briefly, before you commit your lunatic thoughts to page (or blog)?
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