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From: ron@wjvax.UUCP (Ron Christian)
Newsgroups: net.rec.nude
Subject: Photography and Naturism
Message-ID: <303@wjvax.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 4-Jan-85 16:01:22 EST
Article-I.D.: wjvax.303
Posted: Fri Jan  4 16:01:22 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 7-Jan-85 02:25:46 EST
Organization: Watkins Johnson, San Jose, Calif.
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(Is this bug nailed yet?)

I call this 'photography and naturism' instead of 'photography and nudity',
because in the context of net.rec.nude they may mean very different things.
I know this probably applies to net.rec.photo and net.women, but if you want
to attract attention there a pointer is probably sufficient.  Please don't
dual post.

My impression, from the naturist society's literature, is that the issue
of photography at nude beaches and other activities is quite an emotional
one.  Nikki Craft, contributer to Clothed With the Sun and self styled
champion for nude rights, appears from her articles in this magazine to
be vehemently against the presence of cameras at nude activities.  She
has made references to photography as 'stealing one's soul', equating photos
of nude women (why women exclusively?) with 'visual rape' and in general
makes the assumption that all male photographers want to do is rush home
and jerk off after developing their latest photos.

This to me is very odd.  Here we're trying to make nudity acceptable,
provide an air of normalcy to the shedding of one's clothes, and here
comes some complete stranger who yells at you (if you happen to be male)
for bringing a camera.  I usually bring a camera to the beach.  Now
I'm afraid to take it along if I happen to be going to one that is clothes
optional.

What do the rest of you think?  We might as well discuss these things now,
when there isn't much else in the way of nude activities.  Then by the time
summer comes around we'll all be so twisted up no one will know what to do.
:-)

Smile!  (*click*)
-- 

	Ron Christian  (Watkins-Johnson Co.  San Jose, Calif.)
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