Lens More Marc Hom Images of Lydia Hearst, Jessica Hart & Nuns

Jessica Hart & Lydia Hearst | Marc Hom | Private Sitting Sensuality News Provocateurs

Note | Nudity One of the top fashion blogs is making a strangely worded, negative analysis of the Jessica Hart & Lydia Hearst images, lensed by celebrity photographer Marc Hom, traveling the Internet. I posted them in Sensuality News Provocateurs, not only because of their nudity but because I consider them to be provocative statement about female sexuality.

When I pulled the photos, they represented to me another good commentary about the intersection of women’s lives, sensuality, religion and the art world.

This writer is bored with nuns in art editorial.

Is there not, in the fashion world, an obsession with breaking stereotypes? There’s certainly a habit (pun intended) of turning the nun stereotype upside-down as a way of constructing a sexualised, surprising shoot concept. Only problem is it’s no longer very surprising, given we’ve seen similar examples with Ashley Smith, Lara Stone and Miranda Kerr to name just a few. via

The fact that a fashion website chooses to post the images doesn’t mean they were shot as fashion images, although the shoot reference is in the fashion section on Trish South Management’s Marc Hom’s links.

I disagree that we’ve had too many nun shoots.

As the Vatican investigates American nuns for suspicious behavior that doesn’t uphold the patriarchal values of the church; as American women are fighting off one bill after another in Congress that seeks to take away our abortion rights because the Vatican demands it; and as the women of Sudan who supported Lubna Hussein in her 2009 flogging case for wearing too-tight trousers in public watch another horrific flogging of woman video, as sharia is administered to a poor woman in a suburb of Khartoum  (files delivered to me personally) — I say bring on the nun shots.

Just now one of my FB friends sent me all the information about Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ submitting legislation redefining rape, which is the only way that health care funds can be used for abortion. Smith wants the rape to be forcible.

The women of the world are desperate for positive images of sensuality. Irreverence is good and god knows those of us who are trying to change the lives of millions of women worldwide need help from ARTISTS.

The last I knew, fashion bloggers weren’t running the art world. Freedom of creative expression is yours Marc Hom, Lydia Hearst and Jessica Hart. I hate to break the bad news to this young writer, but we are just getting warmed up on sexuality and religion.

When the subject is wide pant legs and when and where to wear leather, I stay out of the discussion. My focus is style and sensuality, not fashion trends.

I don’t mean to be difficult, but given the status of the world’s women and the reality that gays are being murdered in Uganda because three American Conservatives stirred up trouble far and wide in that country, Anne of Carversville begs for more controversial editorials.

Bare-breasted nuns are just fine with us. I’ll take them proudly because these images are change agents and not only the property of bored fashionistas. Two-thirds of American women believe God is a man and knows our every move. Yikes.

Note, if these comments were written by a low-traffic blog, I would say nothing. That is not the case here. Many people will read this analysis, which is why I reject it.

I will not rest on this topic of religion and sexuality until I die or the world changes.  

Perhaps this approach to images, style and culture is a key reason why AOC towers above other websites — including the one under discussion — in our web stats. Our supporters have grown again by 30% since our latest stats were pulled the first week in January.  Anne

Editorials referenced:

Miranda Kerr | Greg Kadel | Numero’s Papal Nightmare

Lara Stone | Cedric Buchet | La TENTATION du DIAMANT

Ashley Smith | Greg Gex | Dedicate Magazine June 2010

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