From: Gregory Parkinson (glp@panix.com)
Date: 09/15/00-01:24:09 AM Z
At 10:33 PM -0400 9/14/00, Maria T. Olmedo wrote:
>Dear List:
>
>I've been lurking on this list for about a year and have truly enjoyed all
>discussions on all the topics. I a relatively new to photography, and I
>know I have a lot to learn technically, etc. but, just a couple of questions
>and comments about the recent thread. (I know y'all could hear the but
>coming):
>
>on 9/13/00 9:10 PM, Sandy King at sanking@hubcap.clemson.edu wrote:
>
>> And is not Newton's work truly the ultimate stereotype
>> of erotic woman, stripped of all attributes of what is a woman but
>> the requirement that she yield to male power? And of course in this
>> case, a perversion ordered and arranged by the person that is
>> Newton's wife.
>
>And, why exactly is June Newton at fault? And what is Helmut Newton's role?
>
>In my opinion, it seems that the women in Helmut Newton's editorial
>photographs are empowered by being pictured as physically strong, and if one
>looks, they are very much individuals. They look as if they aren't going to
>yield to anything they don't want to, even if they are naked. Perhaps,
>here, Mr. Newton has tapped into a female fantasy.
Newton's women all seem to be doing what the men want them to, even if
that involves dominating the men. Confusingly, several lesbians I know
like Newton's photos of women - and these women are NOT about defining
ANYTHING from a male perspective.
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