P3D Re: nudes

[michaelk@xxxxxxxxxxx (Michael Kersenbrock)]

> >>I don't remember the full outcome, but I believe the
> infant was eventually taken away from the "unfit" mother for having
> photographed it nude in the classical "bear rug" kind of shot.
> 
> That is absurd. Visit virtually any Grandmothers house, look through family
> albums of the '40's and '50s and you will see many 'Bear Skin Rug' photos
> of children. Perhaps I can post the one of me? I know you all want to see

Yes, quite.  And my mother has some... er...um ...of those kind of shots of
me as a baby, some done professionally.  Quite common.  Not only that, if 
you look at 50's mainstream magazines like Popular Photography, they had 
quite a lot of nudes in them.

People like to talk about the good 'ol wholesome days of "Ozzie & Harriet",
but in truth as best I can tell, there were MORE nudes in mainstream 
publications (and mother's photoalbums) back then than now.

Stranger than fiction...

Mike K.


P.S. - Maybe B&W nudes didn't count?  :-)


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