Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
We have today, for the first time, work that tests "What is Art" in a way we have not faced before.
We are an Open Forum. This means we do not censor.
Still we do. We disallow humiliating a particular person or child pornography.
Why are we so open?
The purpose of a OPF, from the start is two fold:
1. To encourage and support each photographer here on their on creative path. We salute them as they explore their own expression. We provide mutual support and interest by discussion and sharing our skills, knowledge and references to other works of art.
2. By the sum of this individual oeuvres to hold a lantern to understand our own condition and of the life-covered blue marble in our galaxy, over which we have claimed dominion!
In this, some will photograph the most available low-hanging fruits on the tree. Others will reach up to the highest peaks to find the eagles nest or deep into the dark caves to determine what we fear the most. In the latter case, the photography might be uncomfortable, hard to face and even disgusting. It all depends on where we search in the minds of man or in their closets!
So, we must welcome all explorations and as long as there was no abuse or promotion of abuse or humiliation, even testy and confrontational work of shocking dark eroticism, is not censored here. It is located in the "Downtown" section, (where it is supposed to be), with appropriate warnings.
Asher
We are an Open Forum. This means we do not censor.
Still we do. We disallow humiliating a particular person or child pornography.
Why are we so open?
The purpose of a OPF, from the start is two fold:
1. To encourage and support each photographer here on their on creative path. We salute them as they explore their own expression. We provide mutual support and interest by discussion and sharing our skills, knowledge and references to other works of art.
2. By the sum of this individual oeuvres to hold a lantern to understand our own condition and of the life-covered blue marble in our galaxy, over which we have claimed dominion!
In this, some will photograph the most available low-hanging fruits on the tree. Others will reach up to the highest peaks to find the eagles nest or deep into the dark caves to determine what we fear the most. In the latter case, the photography might be uncomfortable, hard to face and even disgusting. It all depends on where we search in the minds of man or in their closets!
So, we must welcome all explorations and as long as there was no abuse or promotion of abuse or humiliation, even testy and confrontational work of shocking dark eroticism, is not censored here. It is located in the "Downtown" section, (where it is supposed to be), with appropriate warnings.
Asher