[photo-3d] Museum Show Censorship

["Ferguson Studio" <larry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Michael;

Actually, we wanted to put "fig leaves" over the offensive parts, but that
idea was rejected in favor of just "tamer" work.

Larry


----- Original Message -----
From: michael levy <slevy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <photo-3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 1:56 PM
Subject: Re: [photo-3d] transparencies vs. prints


> This is really disturbing and kind of wierd.  You could have tounted them
with
> penile forms--sugestive fingers etc...
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> Michael
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> Ferguson Studio wrote:
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> > So sorry that it took me so long to get back to you about your letter.
I
> > had a museum tell me that full female nudity was Ok but full Male nudity
> > wasn't and that really set us back.  The exhibition catalog was already
at
> > the printer and had to be pulled.  The images for the show had to be
> > reformatted and the resulting emotions both for me and the museum
director
> > and curatorial staff had to be smoothed.  We're back on track again, but
my
> > wife is still upset about not being able to see equal representation of
the
> > sexes in this exhibition.
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