The Ends
The Ends
Anonymous snapshot, Gift of Peter J. Cohen, 2019.674
Photography has always been the bedfellow of voyeurism. It is built into the very language of the medium: we peer through viewfinders, make exposures, and capture the shot. Mass media, tabloids, and even photography produced in the name of social documentary have made what historian Vicki Goldberg calls “casual voyeurism” a socially acceptable part of our everyday lives.
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And where there is voyeurism, exhibitionism is not far behind. Individuals who bend over and present their “ends” to be photographed revel in these ambiguous boundaries. Many who raise their rumps for the camera simultaneously peer through their legs, catching and exposing all of us for the voyeurs that we are.
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