Leonard Nimoy's Photography
Oct. 6th, 2007 06:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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So I was perusing the dailyrotten.com news this morning before going to work & there's one of Robert Mapplethorpe's photos in the sidebar. Well, I've never really looked at much of Mapplethorpe's photography beyond the pic on rotten.com (which is of a man in chaps w/a bullwhip sticking out of his ass) so I google'd ol' Mapplethorpe. He did some really gorgeous work of naked and half naked men, and I love black & white photography, anyway, especially when it's of people. On the second page of google's image thumbnails is a black & white photo of five fat women. I was surprised because I thought Mapplethorpe only focused on men in his work, but like I said, I've never looked at much of it. So I clicked on the thumbnail & it took me to someone's blog posting about Leonard Nimoy - namely his photography featuring fat naked women.
I talk a lot about empowerment, negative body image stereotypes, media poisoning - I am a champion of the right to be a fat woman, but honestly I think Leonard Nimoy is a chubby chaser. I was intrigued and grossed out all at the same time. The photos aren't bad, really, but... look for yourself: The Full Body Project by Leonard Nimoy What the fuck is that one woman wearing on her head? It looks like someone threw a net muscle shirt over the top of her head. I do have to admit, I like the one outfit one of the women is wearing in this one - she's got a tophat on & this short, frilled dress, complete w/fishnets. And some of the tattoos are great... but I question the motives behind the scenery.
No I take it back. The photos are pretty bad. Especially after looking at his 'Egg' series. Leonard Nimoy composes pictures like William Shatner sings.
(On another note - I think Rob got me Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows for my Samhain present!)
I talk a lot about empowerment, negative body image stereotypes, media poisoning - I am a champion of the right to be a fat woman, but honestly I think Leonard Nimoy is a chubby chaser. I was intrigued and grossed out all at the same time. The photos aren't bad, really, but... look for yourself: The Full Body Project by Leonard Nimoy What the fuck is that one woman wearing on her head? It looks like someone threw a net muscle shirt over the top of her head. I do have to admit, I like the one outfit one of the women is wearing in this one - she's got a tophat on & this short, frilled dress, complete w/fishnets. And some of the tattoos are great... but I question the motives behind the scenery.
No I take it back. The photos are pretty bad. Especially after looking at his 'Egg' series. Leonard Nimoy composes pictures like William Shatner sings.
(On another note - I think Rob got me Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows for my Samhain present!)
