04-11-2010, 11:53 AM
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The Reforms
Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition
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Originally Posted by Fly
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This one must be playing (paying) homage to the timeless image of "The Tennis Girl". Surely you must know of her, but do you know the whole story?
The Tennis Girl | Iconic Photos
If a single picture ever conveyed the sexual liberation, permissive society and hostility towards norms and authorities of the 1970s, it would be the iconic poster of “The Tennis Girl”. Taken at the end of the long hot summer in September 1976, the photo was not an accidental shot. Martin Elliot, then a photography student in Birmingham, asked his then girlfriend, 18-year old Fiona Butler to borrow a tennis dress, a racket and balls and to pose for him.
read more about the history here
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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi
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