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Article: Fed: Rudd ill-informed over controversial photo's - MAP
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- AAP General News (Australia)
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- July 7, 2008
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AAP General News (Australia)
07-07-2008
Fed: Rudd ill-informed over controversial photo's - MAP
CANBERRA, July 7 AAP - Politicians should seek advice before commenting on photographs,
leading photographers say.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says he hates the image of a naked six-year-old girl on the
cover of Art Monthly magazine and wants the Australian Council to draw up guidelines surrounding
the depiction of children in art.
The 2003 image of six-year-old Olympia Nelson, taken by her mother Polixeni Papapetrou,
was published in protest against the recent furore over Bill Henson images.
Andrew Chapman, president of The Many Australian Photographers (MAP) Group - a non-profit
association ...