![]() I am sure in the hundred or so other books I have there must be other stuff as my interests are quite varied. Hamilton was never my thing but I have a collective catalogue that includes a work by Irina Ionesco and one of my favourite photographers Herbert List has some what are now considered unhealthy interests in young boys displayed amongst his great works. I like lots of people interested in photography collect photography books with collections of pictures. The man was found guilty but won on appeal. What stuck me in this newspaper article is the bit at the end where a British police force say that the possession of his books is now illegal and they arrested a man in possession of one of his books and charged him with one of the most horrible offences that one can be accused of. His books that fall into the "popular art" category were very popular too in the photographic books sections of most bookshops. The popular photo magazines of the time often published his soft focus soft porn images of seemingly very young girls. ![]() ![]() Talking of the death of an icon in another thread here reminded me that an iconic photographer who was very popular in the seventies and early eighties recently died in unpleasant circumstances (innocent until proved guilty in a court of law).
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