1. Do you think that the male body is objectified in the same way that the female body is? In what instances? Do you think that the power of this "female gaze" holds as much power as the "male gaze" in our contemporary society?
2. John Berger wrote about the idea of the surveyor and the surveyed in his book Ways of Seeing (1972) .
http://www.scribd.com/doc/243296/Ways-of-Seeing-John-Berger
Using the link above, read pages Chapters 2 (all images) and Chapter 3. Do you agree or disagree with Berger?
Additional Ch. 4 Question(s):
ReplyDeleteFrom an objective look per say the nude body is a natural form, but can be viewed as pleasurable under any circumstance (pornographic, artistic, medically). This being said, there is so much conflict when it comes to viewing the adult nude body, would you view Jock Sturges or Sally Mann's work on the same level or would you consider it different, why or why not?
In addition, would you view photographing the nude body (male or female) a perverse use of photography or have we become too uncomfortable with our bodies as suggested by Mikhail Bakhtin on pg. 173?