Could not disagree more, only because there is such a thing as context. If I take a picture of my newborn child having a bath, is that considered child pornography?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Yes. (Jk, but I was just thinking about this the other day. There is a line between baby pictures and child pornography, but where is it? How fine is it? Does it have an operational definition?)

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I'd say anything that depicts the child in a sexual way.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

But that's the thing. Some people consider nudity inherently sexual in any context except when alone.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I don't think you're going to be able to please everybody. But I know, at least in my mind and pretty sure in most other people's, that someone has a photo of their child playing in the bath and shows it to me that I'm not going to take anything sexual from it. But if someone shows me a photo of a child and they are in a clearly sexual position or engaging in sex acts then I'd be disgusted.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

That didn't really have anything to do with it.... taking a photo of your kid in a bath is fine, it's like a scrapbook photo. I was talking about those staged shots that people sell, that kinda thing. child porn would be if it was like sold to people or something.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

You clearly haven't seen any good artistic nude photography.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Porn is about sex. Artistic nudity is about the beauty of the human body in its natural form. There's a HUGE difference, buddy.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

^^^ This.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Its sad that people HAVE to associate nudity with sexuality grow up http://www.spencertunick.com/ ^This is a well known nude photographer, and it is in no way porn.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It was a joke.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It's also easier to explain to parents, OP!

by Anonymous 13 years ago