I encourage you to read an important piece by Jennifer Nix on Huffington Post about Facebook censorship of this photograph. The work, from Gregory Colbert’s Ashes and Snow, has become a symbol of the tension between art and community standards. At issue, believe it or not, is the fact that the woman’s nipple shows. Read more here on Nix’s blog piece, including an interview with Colbert.
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(@jen_nix) June 22, 2012
Hi work is stunning, and pure beauty.
Yes, the series is exceptional, I agree
I’m a librarian and from this library lens, this is pretty outrageous. Facebook has gone too far.
I couldn’t agree more. And I like this piece by Jennifer Nix because it’s such a straightforward explanation of where this issue is going.
Ridiculous. And shows how following the law to the letter is not a good thing. Nipples as such are not necessarily sexual, it depends on the context. I would sooner call pornographic those thousands of profile photos that basically show a girl pouting in a revealing dress, even though no nipples are visible, because the point of those photos is very obviously to attract in a sexual way.
I wholeheartedly agree. Thanks for taking the time to leave those interesting observations.
It is the absurdity of our social community that would censor such beauty. The human body is shameful to so many. How sad this is. Perhaps someone reported it as porn and this is how facebook saw it and removed it. This is not a sexual photograph in any sense of the word.
You are right on point here. Thanks for taking the time to leave your thoughts.