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Child’s play

Children photography is under intense scrutiny from the public and law makers in Australia. A well known photographer Bill Henson is being investigated over his nude photography of adolescent children. Police has confiscated many of his works from a number of galleries.

My understating is none of the photos contained sexual scenes and thus, I am a bit puzzled why the word pornography is used to describe them. Everyone from a suburban house wife, who has never been to art gallery to Prime Minister of Australia, who expresses views as if he never visited a gallery either, seem to have only negative comments on Bill Henson’s photographs.

What next, in this politically correct word? Will the mob take to hammers and smash down all statues of naked people (statue of David anyone?) and erase the endless number of naked bodies from classic paintings starting perhaps with Sistine Chapel?

I hope before this happens you will have time to enjoy this playful child chasing after a colourful bubble under a watchful eye of his mum.

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This Saturday I’ve taken my kids to Sydney Aquarium. This is certainly is “a must see” tourist attraction for any one visiting Sydney. This is one of the world’s biggest aquariums hosting close to 5000 marine species exhibited in their natural habitats. Everything form sharks, stingrays to exotic tropical fish is there to be admired.

I have taken few photographs and placed them here in a new Sydney Aquarium gallery. Photographing fish in the aquarium can be challenging due to reflections in the thick glass, lack of distance to the subject and very tricky light conditions. It took me no less than 30 tries to produce this photo of the Jelly Fish.

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I have added a new gallery to the site: Pitt Stop fashion show. The gallery shows off models and garments presented last night in Pitt Street Mall fashion parade. The show was a big success with the spectators featuring attractive garments, models and music.