Child Pornography Prevention Act

Art or porn?

Sally Mann's photography: documentations of pedophilia--exploitation of young women--high art? Parts of her book At Twelve: Portraits of Young Women are available online.

What is Mapplethorpe's picture, "Rosie"--part of the retrospective exhibit "A Perfect Moment." Consider a review of the exhibit in DC, and an account of the controversy the exhibit provoked in London. At the library, ask for the collection from the exhibit, find "Rosie" on the list of photographs, and see what happened to it.

Kathryn Lesoine's photographs were seized by police. Investigation or intimidation?

For several interesting discussions of these issues, see the Fall 1990 special issue of the photography journal, Aperture

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