Never really thought about this topic until 2 months ago when I picked up a small collection of photo books to expand my library. One of the books was Mary Ellen Mark's 'American Odyssey'. The photo in question below is from page 41.
The other one was 'The last Day of Summer' by Jock Sturges.
Amazon.com: jock sturges photos
I wrote to Mary Ellen with a few questions about this topic. I did not come off as accusatory. Was just matter of fact question from one tog to another about flak she may have received from the prudish US of A.
Well, I never received a reply. Guess Mary Ellen is too busy selling her $3,000 prints and $15,000 a pop Polaroids to bother answering. But to be fair to Mary Ellen, you can't write her direct. Any email has to go through one of her multitude of agents, reps, etc. and they may have trashed my mail.
When I asked my wife who has a doctorate in social work, she could not answer except to say..."your going to get arrested" when I showed her that photo.
I asked my daughter in law who is getting a masters in social work. She could only say she thought the laws were different from state to state, but she did not know. That may hold some truth, but I don't know. The laws from one state used to make it legal to marry a thirteen year old. Yet cross the lines into the border state and you were a criminal sex offender unless she was sixteen.
Now, my wife specialized in sexually abused children cases. One would think she would know. But it seems to be a taboo and blind subject when one tries to investigate exactly what the laws are.
So, being of the nature that I like to get my questions answered, I will open up this topic at the forum.
What
exactly are the laws regarding shooting teens nude?
Last edited by slackercruster; 07-28-2012 at 06:38 AM.