I disagree with the comment about narcissism, as one can assert that photography itself is narcissistic. In fact, all art forms can be asserted as such.

Is my view of the world correct? Art shows us different perspectives, but there is always that tenderness an artist feels when one considers their perspective. Narcissism is an attempt to get others to consider you. An artists worse fear is their work fading into obscurity.

Feminism, on the other hand, is no longer applicable to many of its traditional forms. Feminism, especially in literature, is not only focusing on the rights of females, but of many other minorities. It promotes the acceptance and validation of all people.

I think this comment was lewd and made in bad taste. Even if a viewer is not a fan of your work, it is always disgraceful to de-validate the expression.

I am quite a fan of this work.

But what also got my goat was that he had a very poor understanding of feminism. I find that unfortunate.
Like a previous commenter said, it’s normal for art to be picked apart by a viewer. All creative types have to undergo that type of scrutiny, even from the ones who don’t seem to understand anything at all.

Seems like you started a feminist “awakening” of your own in Flickr account by expressing these sentiments both in text and photos. From one feminist to another, I say good job. =D

That being said, there are always going to be people who need to feel elitist and pick apart other people’s work. It’s rather unfortunate but it’s just the way it goes. I find that the better something is, the more people need to find something wrong with it.

I think he’s just embarrassed, because he fails to get any females nude anyways. You broke his “seeing a woman nude” virginity.

As a random side note, in the town I live in, Austin, Texas, it’s perfectly legal for a woman to walk around without a shirt. It’s kind of silly, but still pretty awesome.