As some have said, it's not good art.

Neither is it good porn.

I'm sure there are a lot of people out there who say that the reaction this photo has caused qualifies it as art. I think it's boring. It's shit like this that gives the rest of us "artists" a bad name.

My dad took pictures of his youngest son when he was born, because his scrotum was hugely swollen, and my dad was impressed. When my dad then emailed the photos to me, and I retched, it wasn't art. It was just some baby with big balls. And this photo isn't art. The reaction it's getting isn't art. It's just a bad photo with a lot of publicity.

I don't think I would call it porn, but I would call it inappropriate. I have seen many naked kiddie pics, you know--playing in a pool, in a tub, etc. But, you know, a crotch shot of a kid. . .should be kpet private or just torn up, so as not to embarrass the person in later years.

I would not "seize" such a pic, just look and say--well, that's tacky.

It looks like a snapshot taken of kids playing.

I don't see it as either porn or art.

My parents have snapshots of me and my brother in a bathtub when we were around 5 and 6 and you could see our ding dings in a few of the shots. My parents obviously loved the porn shots.

My mom has a picture of my little brother and this girl who was our neighbor at the time' when they were like, 3 years old. They're both naked and running towards a kiddie pool. If the picture shown here is porn, then the one of my little brother must be too, and my mom needs to go to jail.


But, I agree that this photo isn't what I'd consider art.

Oh come on now. What parent doesn't want to do that?

The problem is that the viewer's interpretation could be biased by the question. If someone showed you the photo and asked what you thought of it, you would just say it's a photo of kids being silly. But if someone showed you the photo and asked if you thought it was pornographic, you would then start matching it to what qualifies as porn in your head. It's now that it is in the context of the debate that it really starts making people uncomfortable.

The word twat makes me giggle. I'm so 12.

Well, ok, you've got me there.

My mother would always tell me that they identified me in the hospital as an infant by my huge testicles, and they have pictures to prove it.

I agree.. this is fucking shit
Its not porn.. its certainly not art.. and its not good
I dont think this kinda shit should be taken from a professional stand point or a moral stand point

I'm not sure what makes this art. I don't think it's pornography by any stretch of the imagination...

The next time I visit my mom, I am going to ask her to see our old photo book, cross out the word "FAMILY ALBUM" and replace it with "ART BOOK."

It should increase its value considerably.

You sir, are a genius.

exactly