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Personally, I'm not fond of these pictures, but I do not coin them as being 'pornographic.' Something about them being studio shots puts me off, though.
I've always loved the work of photographers like Sally Mann and Jock Sturges (both of whom have been called 'child pornographers' for their work). Sally Mann took pictures of her own children and Jock Sturges the children of nudist families in Europe. A lot of their work is shockingly bold, but the candid nature of the photographs give them more artistic merit, in my opinion. Something about setting children up in a studio with lights for nude photographs is a little off-putting. Granted, that is probably my own hang-up. At any rate, the photos aren't disturbing or particularly troublesome...again, in my opinion.
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