Nude Child Photography OK?

Is nude child photography, purely from an artistic point of view, acceptable?

  • Yes

    Votes: 9 42.9%

  • No

    Votes: 12 57.1%
  • Total voters
    21
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redarmy11 said:
Sooo... you think it's ok for kids to be photographed as long as they're not your kids?
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I believe it is acceptable with parental consent and parental knowledge. As far as if they were my kids... I've got mixed feelings. From a father point of view, I would be a little weary because of those who do find children sexually attractive and would not want MY children out there for the world to see. However, from an artistic point of view, I respect it and am able to see the beauty of the natural human body. I have not been in the position to choose for them to participate in nude photography therefore I cannot accurately say what my choice would be. Its a tough call.
 
MZ3Boy84 said:
I believe it is acceptable with parental consent and parental knowledge. As far as if they were my kids... I've got mixed feelings. From a father point of view, I would be a little weary because of those who do find children sexually attractive and would not want MY children out there for the world to see. However, from an artistic point of view, I respect it and am able to see the beauty of the natural human body. I have not been in the position to choose for them to participate in nude photography therefore I cannot accurately say what my choice would be. Its a tough call.
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I agree with that more or less 100%. Not sure about this bit though:
MZ3Boy84 said:
I believe it is acceptable with parental consent and parental knowledge.
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Suppose baby grows up and decides to charge mummy and daddy with abuse? It is, indeed, a tough call.
 
redarmy11 said:
I agree with that more or less 100%. Not sure about this bit though:

Suppose baby grows up and decides to charge mummy and daddy with abuse? It is, indeed, a tough call.
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Frankly I would find it very uncomfortable if I went to a home where the parents showed me an artistic portfolio with nudes of their children; I am pretty sure I would not send my children to play there.
 
samcdkey said:
Frankly I would find it very uncomfortable if I went to a home where the parents showed me an artistic portfolio with nudes of their children; I am pretty sure I would not send my children to play there.
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Oh right. I agree with that too. I'm all confused now.

Maybe it's just one of those things that's fine in principle but which just doesn't work in the real world. I can't really think of any circumstances where I could look at photos of nude kids and not have severe doubts about the entire process either, from production to display. And yet part of me knows that that's fucked up somehow, and that it shouldn't be that way.

Goddamn all you perverts out there for spoiling my theoretical appreciation of photos of nude kiddies. :mad:
 
redarmy11 said:
Oh right. I agree with that too. I'm all confused now.

Maybe it's just one of those things that's fine in principle but which just doesn't work in the real world. I can't really think of any circumstances where I could look at photos of nude kids and not have severe doubts about the entire process either, from production to display. And yet part of me knows that that's fucked up somehow, and that it shouldn't be that way.

Goddamn all you perverts out there for spoiling my theoretical appreciation of photos of nude kiddies. :mad:
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LoL. I think that one has to be mentally mature in order to fully appreciate the beauty of the natural human body without seeing it as a sexual display, despite whether the subject matter is a child or an adult. Many men see other men nude in the locker room and immediately look away. My thoughts are... Why? Yeah, we don't walk around nude all day and the concept of nudism isn't a common practice in the world, however the uncovered human body is who we natually are. We didn't come out of the womb wearing a pair of BVD's, some Wranglers and Nike's. It's a matter of acceptance. I accept that under all those clothes we wear all day, there is the natural human aspect, the way we were created.
 
as long as they arent exploited its fine. theres certainly nothing sexual about the pictures my parents have of me playing in the pool naked when i was 3 or 4.

as for photos that are of a sexual nature, i think that that the legal age for that should be dropped to 16 to tie in with the legal age of consent.
 
The important part of the poll question is the words "purely from an artistic point of view".

If naked images are produced and viewed purely as art, and not for sexual titillation, then I see no problem with them. The only potential concern would be to do with privacy of the individuals pictured, and appropriate permissions would have to be given.
 
samcdkey said:
Frankly I would find it very uncomfortable if I went to a home where the parents showed me an artistic portfolio with nudes of their children; I am pretty sure I would not send my children to play there.
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Of course the occasional funny-naked-baby-laying-on-tummy-wearing-silly- glasses is okay and in fact if parents did not have these i would not let my kids play there as adults have no humor.
 
its not art but i have got pictures of my kids in the bath, ok they were younger then they are now, and i dont have a lot, example my little one was doing somthing funny (and i mean hahaha funny) and i wanted to capture it, now they are older my oldest being 13 and 15 they are way to old for that now and i respect when they say "no"
 
TW Scott said:
Of course the occasional funny-naked-baby-laying-on-tummy-wearing-silly- glasses is okay and in fact if parents did not have these i would not let my kids play there as adults have no humor.
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What if the baby was 13 or 14?
 
lucifers angel said:
its not art but i have got pictures of my kids in the bath, ok they were younger then they are now, and i dont have a lot, example my little one was doing somthing funny (and i mean hahaha funny) and i wanted to capture it, now they are older my oldest being 13 and 15 they are way to old for that now and i respect when they say "no"
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You mean if they did not say no, you would take nude pics of them at this age?
 
samcdkey said:
You mean if they did not say no, you would take nude pics of them at this age?
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no absolutley not, i shouldve expressed myself better, but i cant see anything wrong with perants taking pictures of small children in the bath, we have photo that we have taken on the beach with my son who was 5 at the time was running around naked, (the beach was quite and not many people were on it) i have never had a problem with nuditie why should i?
 
i dont care either way, aslong as the child says its ok then i dont mind. lets tell animals to wear clothes because it offends me alot.



peace.
 
EmptyForceOfChi said:
i dont care either way, aslong as the child says its ok then i dont mind. lets tell animals to wear clothes because it offends me alot.



peace.
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Its simply disgusting the way my male rats expose themselves to me.:mad:

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To clarify the OP, what is 'art'?

But generally, I'd say no. Parents having a pic of their own kids on the hearth rug is one thing. Pictures of kids you have no relation too begs too many questions.
 
Family albums and what have you seems reasonable to me. As long as the kid is young. There's a few pics of me butt naked when I was younger, getting washed or whatever. I think once a kid is over 4 or 5 it's not that good an idea though. Circulating the picture as art doesn't sit too well with me if the genitals are visible. If it's a side on or behind shot, then I suppose it's alright, but it's a bit of a grey area and I'd rather people didn't do it.

Pubescent kids - definitely a no-no. Young kids and babies, as long as you're not dressing them up in makeup and putting them in sexual poses, why not?

These days it's just too fucked up a thing to be doing, for anyone, even parents. It's not worth the risk, especially.

So, I'll say No.
 
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