Friday, January 24, 2025

Seizure of Sally Mann’s photographs in Texas revives old debates about obscenity and freedom of expression. Really!

Recommendable! Yes, Americans still tend to be more prudish than some  other Westerners! 😊

Given that these photo examples presented by the author are from the late 1980s and around 1990, I have some doubt whether these photos really caused such a skandal or controversy as suggested by this article.

Seizure of Sally Mann’s photographs in Texas revives old debates about obscenity and freedom of expression

Sally Mann’s ‘Holding the Weasel’ [her daughter] 1989


The Perfect Tomato [her daughter] 1990


Her son (unknown title and date)


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