Erotic or Pornographic?

It depends on the viewer and the intent of the artist.

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Originally Posted by Jim17x

I seen the two images in the gallery and they were both clearly pornographic of a women masturbating but im not offended by them in anyway.. I dont think they should be removed or even have a thread posted to discuss them.. If you dont like an image, move on to the next one.

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actually not.

And the first one can be found in my images - as a gravure - there without any issue...

Damn I missed what happened here. Someone complained in the gallery?

I disagree with the "clearly" masturbating comment. The hands in the 35mm one were not defined enough to make that assertion, and the other just showed a woman with her hands covering herself. Emil has posted many images where his bromoil technique has "veiled" certain areas. I see it as a testament to his inking skills, as well as his sensitivity to his models and viewers.

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Originally Posted by Michael R 1974

Damn I missed what happened here. Someone complained in the gallery?

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Yes you have and I have altered my original post by request and there seems to be diverse views about this.

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Originally Posted by gandolfi

actually not.

And the first one can be found in my images - as a gravure - there without any issue...

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We all view images in a different way.. I always click on your images because i think you do great work and i will continue to view them because i think you are a very talented artist.. Sexuality will never offend me because we are all human and have it..

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Originally Posted by eddie

I disagree with the "clearly" masturbating comment. The hands in the 35mm one were not defined enough to make that assertion, and the other just showed a woman with her hands covering herself.

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Now I'm glad that I withdrew my earlier comment. I thought Clive was talking about the viewers masturbating, not the subject. :confused:

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Originally Posted by Jim17x

I seen the two images in the gallery and they were both clearly pornographic of a women masturbating but im not offended by them in anyway.. I dont think they should be removed or even have a thread posted to discuss them.. If you dont like an image, move on to the next one.

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I believe it is this post you refer to, not mine and I was refering to viewers. Lets not get confused here.

Picture made me tingle in a naughty please.... MUST DESTROY! Please Grow Up.

I don't have a problem with Erotic, pornographic, nude or any of the above. There were one or two images that I have seen recently that did take me by suprise, but I wouldn't necessarily want them removed

But one thing I will make comment on.... Remove the artistic and creative treatment to the printing and they would have come straight out of Hustler. Now, it is up to you to decide whether that is a bad thing - me personally, I don't necessarily have a problem with that, but I know others that would.