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Do you think Annie Leibowitz suggested the backless with a sheet poses for someone with a squeaky clean image? I'm surprised Miley did it, I'm surprised Annie would do that, and I'm curious why Daddy Cyrus would've allowed it?? There were a whole bunch of people not thinking clearly that day! It is definitely a good lesson for our teens though- don't let anyone take a picture of you (or you of yourself) that you wouldn't want everyone you know to see. There is way too much of that going on with myspace, etc.
don't let anyone take a picture of you (or you of yourself) that you wouldn't want everyone you know to see. There is way too much of that going on with myspace, etc.
I am also surprised that no one is going gaga about the pic. of her flashing her green bra?!
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I thought the green bra pictures had been proven to be a look-alike.
As the story unfolds, her parents had been there for most of the pictures but had left things were safe and gone. The photographer talked her into the pictures when it was just them. And despite everything, Miley is a teen and Lebowitz is a famous photographer so it stands to reason that she was able to talk Miley into it. "Its an art photo." Older, strong and very self assured people have fallen for that from a very assertive photographer.
And I do think the Lebowitz chose the pose because Miley has the squekey clean image. I have no teen in the house so really don't know much about Miley, but it seems more and more that the folks who are labeling her and her parents as naive may be very correct. Lebowitz is getting the publicity that she wants.
The photo is very artistic. Annie Leibowitz is wonderful at taking artistic photographs. However, I do think that she may have overstepped her bounds with Miley. I'm sure Miley was a bit starstruck at being photographed by such a renowned photographer and at the time, did not think much about what the final product would look like.
I do think that Miley has set a good example in owning up to her mistake and taking some of the blame herself. There are too many young stars today that would not have had the courage to take responsibility for their own part in their debacles.
She's not admitted that the green bra photo was her, I think she made a statement that a lot of people pretend to be her, which neither confirmed or denied.
I thought the Liebowitz photo was not at all flattering, and it made me feel a little uncomfortable. It didn't think it showed too much skin, but something about it made her look young, and it bothered me.
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I personally have lost alot of respect for Annie Leibowitz rather than Miley. Fact remains that Leibowitz is an adult and Miley is a minor. She was in charge of that photo shoot, and those pictures were representing her as well as Miley. I have girls in that age range and I have to say being photographed by someone this well known and respected in the photo world along with the persuasion that it was 'artsy' may have convinced Miley to do something she would not have ordinarily done.
Besides that though, really, the photo was not anything terribly offensive in nature. More than I would want my 15 year old publicly displaying, yes, but certainly not as bad as some of the current teen idols. I think even with this photo Miley remains a much cleaner idol and better role model than most of the teen stars our children look up to today. People are looking for a reason to condemn her because of that image, if this is the worst they can come up with then I certainly am still encouraging my children to look up to her. She confessed it was a mistake and moved on. Can any of us say we have never made mistakes much greater than this?!?
Go Miley!
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As the story unfolds, her parents had been there for most of the pictures but had left things were safe and gone. The photographer talked her into the pictures when it was just them. And despite everything, Miley is a teen and Lebowitz is a famous photographer so it stands to reason that she was able to talk Miley into it. "Its an art photo." Older, strong and very self assured people have fallen for that from a very assertive photographer.
And I do think the Lebowitz chose the pose because Miley has the squekey clean image. I have no teen in the house so really don't know much about Miley, but it seems more and more that the folks who are labeling her and her parents as naive may be very correct. Lebowitz is getting the publicity that she wants.
Leibowitz asked the Queen to take off her crown ...happily the Queen told her no (and seems to be the only person who will stand up to her)
As far as the photo itself, I have 4 daughters and while I'm not a fan of the photo, I don't see it as anymore immodest than most swimsuits I've seen on even younger girls. She's just as covered as most dresses on the red carpet.
I do hope that the Cyrus family has learned just what a precious thing a reputation is and that it needs to be carefully guarded sometimes with a simple, "No".
The magazine is not even on newstands yet and all the outcry. The photo that really bothers me is the one of Miley and her dad togeather. It just creeps me out. I also love Annie and her photos, but thinking is sometimes necessary!!
The problem that I have with the photo is that it is a suggestive pose. She's only 15. So, was she just there all by herself when she had that particular picture made? I find it hard to believe that she didn't have any type of guardian with her at the time.
The problem that I have with the photo is that it is a suggestive pose. She's only 15. So, was she just there all by herself when she had that particular picture made? I find it hard to believe that she didn't have any type of guardian with her at the time.
That's the thing that bothers me. The guardians were there for the session. Lebowitz suggested and did the shot when they left. That makes it seem contrived on the photographer's part. Her parents would have prevented it.
From an "artist's" perspective, I think the photo is much in the lines of what many painters/photographers have captured over the past several hundred years -- Rubens and many other artists have scads of portraits like this hanging in museums around the world.
The Liebowitz portrait of Miley captures a certain introspective moment and has an interesting emotional quality to it.
However, also from an "artist's" perspective, the print I've seen has a yucky color cast to it and I'm disturbed by being able to see the bones of her spine and ribcage -- that upsets me more than any subjective response to the "suggestiveness" of the pose. I think we need to stop having all our childrens' idols be so overly skinny!
As for the suggestiveness issue -- I just don't see it as suggestive. Her expression isn't sexy, it isn't "come hither" and it actually has a rather self-confident, keep-your-distance quality to it. (IMHO) She is probably more covered up that she would be in a halter top.
None of it bothers me other than the color-cast and the ribs.
The media storm over it and the public debate...? THAT makes me say OY!
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I am also surprised that no one is going gaga about the pic. of her flashing her green bra?!
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Michelle - with my step sisters!
...happily the Queen told her no (and seems to be the only person who will stand up to her)
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