Censorship and 'Truth'

Ansel Adams

• Moonrise Hernandes New Mexico 1941-2 
• Aspens

Fall of Communism

• Pravda
• Ironically means 'truth' 
• Censored and filtered news presented to Russia and Europe by the Soviet Communist Party.
• Stalin photographed with Trotsky but had him removed when it was against his interest to be seen with him.

Kate Winslet for GQ Magazine

• They Photoshopped her and elongated her legs.
• Yet they forgot to change her reflection in the mirror. 

Robert Capa 

• Death of Loyalist soldier, 1936
• Soldier running down hill for the photo, the opposing side in the civil war shot him- they were supposed to be on 'siesta' time.
• Invented an American persona- he was actually Hungarian.

The Case of the Mexican Suitcase

Elliot Aronson in Pratkanis and Aronson

Tom L. Beauchamp 

• Manipulative Advertising, 1984

Simolacrum - an image/representation of someone something that's unsatisfactory.

Jean Baudrillard 

• Simulaca
• Simmulation
• The Gulf War did not take place 1995 p.40 Penguin
• Dictionary of Critical Theory Penguin Books.

Peter Turnley 

• The Unseen Gulf War, Dec 2002
• Mile of Death

It is a masquerade of information: branded faces delivered over to the prostitution of image. 

'Make war like love, with a condom'

Len Jarede 

• Iraq Soldier, 1991

An-my Le 

• from Small Wars

Mechanised attracct even ashore the practice or policy of censoring films etc.

Morals - Principles of right or wrong.
Censor - To ban or cut portions of a film, letter or publication.
Ethics - Code of behaviour: moral value of human behaviour.

Theodore Levitt

Morality of Advertising - Cook, G.

Oliviero Toscani

• United colours of Beretton Advert, 1992
• Aids - Homosexuality - Jesus
• Publicity generated. 
• Nudity and decorative models
• Opium Advert - implies drugs - sexual ecstasy 

ASA

Stephen Meisal

Agnolo Bronzia 

• Venus, cupid, foly lime, 1543, oil on wood. 
• Mother and son - incestuous - shag and groping 
• Germaine Greer

Balthus - The Golden Years

Therese Dreaming

Manet - Dejeuner sur l'herbe, 1863.

Andy Earl

• Bow Wow Wow - record cover
• 1980
• 14 year old girl

Amy Adler

• The folly of defining serious art
• Miller test, 1973
• Should work be labelled as obscene

Obscenity Law

• To protect art whilst prohibiting cash

Ally Mann 

• Candy Cigarette
• Photographing her children
• 1989
• Tierney Gearon - Untitled, 2001
• News of the World - 'A revolting exhibition under the guise of art.'
• Protection of Children Act 

Nan Goldin

• Klara and Edda belly dancing, 1998

Richard Prince 

• Spiritual America, 1983
• Spiritual America IV, 2005 
• Reclaiming her control of having that photograph taken... does this really seem to be her regaining control or is she being taken advantage of again?

Jack Bankonsky 

• Tate Modern co-curator

Michele Cornoyer

• The Hat
• 2000

Garg Gross

If it is drawn, can you distance yourself more?

How much should we believe what is represented in the media?

Who should be protected?

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