Leonard Nimoy is now into photography and he has a new project out

MissMillie

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Mon Oct-29-07 01:59 PM
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Leonard Nimoy is now into photography and he has a new project out

which I offer up for discussion here

Who are these women? Why are they in these pictures? What are their lives about? How do they feel about themselves? These are some of the questions I wanted to raise through the images in this collection.

This current body of work is a departure for me. For a number of years, I have been producing images using the female figure. I have worked with numerous models who were professional people earning their living by posing, acting, dancing, or any combination thereof. But, as has been pointed out to me in discussions at exhibitions of my work, the people in these pictures always fell under the umbrella of a certain body type. I�ll call it a "classic" look. Always within range of the current social consensus of what is "beautiful." In fact, that was the adjective I most often heard when my work was exhibited. The women as they appeared in my images were allotted no individual identity. They were hired and directed to help me express an idea�sometimes about sexuality, sometimes about spirituality�and usually about feminine power. But the pictures were not about them. They were illustrating a theme, a story I hoped to convey.

These women are interested in "fat liberation." They hold jobs in the theater, the film industry and in business�and together they perform in a burlesque presentation called "Fat Bottom Revue." The nature and degree of costuming and nudity in their performances is determined by the venue and the audience, which can range from children�s birthday parties, to stag parties. I wanted these pictures to be more about them. These women are projecting an image that is their own. And one that also stems fro m their own story rather than mine. Their self-esteem is strong. One of them has a degree in anthropology and will tell you that ideas of beauty and sexuality are "culture bound"�that these ideas are not universal or fixed, and that they vary and fluctuate depending on place and time. They will tell you that too many people suffer because the body they live in is not the body you find in the fashion magazines.

http://www.here-now.org/shows/2007/10/20071029_13.asp

http://www.rmichelson.com/Artist_Pages/Nimoy/pages/MaxBeaut.htm

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MissMillie

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Mon Oct-29-07 02:44 PM
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1. we should let Mr. Nimoy know is project his doomed to failure

Edited on Mon Oct-29-07 02:52 PM by MissMillie

good art inspires thoughts and conversations....

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Parche

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Mon Oct-29-07 03:04 PM
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2. Live Long And Prosper

Whats for dinner? :shrug: :hi:

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soothsayer

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Mon Oct-29-07 05:05 PM
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3. How does it compare to his singing?

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MissMillie

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Mon Oct-29-07 05:27 PM
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4. there's a link... judge for yourself (n/t)

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Mon Oct-29-07 05:28 PM
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5. All in all I prefer the singing.

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