An art teacher in Texas was escorted out of class after topless photos of her were found online. She was told that she had become an ineffective teacher.
Austen Clements, one of Hoover's students, noted that many artists have nude pictures, including Georgia O'Keeffe.
"If Georgia O'Keeffe wanted to teach at Austin High, I don't think they'd say, 'No, you have nude pictures online,"' Clements said.
I think that if Georgia O'Keeffe wanted to teach at the school the proper response would be, "I'm sorry, we prefer that our teachers have a pulse."
The CNN article referred to the photographer as the teacher's partner. It's difficult to determine anymore whether "partner" is a personal or business relationship but if it's the former I wonder if the fact that the photographer is named Celesta is an unspoken reason that contributed to the teacher's dismissal.
Posted by marybeth at June 18, 2006 03:31 AM Box of RocksThat is just gross. ewwwwwwww. Ok, very childish of me. But I wouldn't be able to look at the teacher the same again.. but then again, I don't look at naked pictures of anyone online now. I would have been scarred I tell you! ;-)
Posted by vw bug at June 19, 2006 09:24 AMI love having access to so much stuff online but would prefer that nude pictures of anyone I know or have to deal with not be included. There is such a thing as too much information.
It's not that I'm totally against nude photos but unless your only occupation is as a model (and maybe not even then) the photos belong in a gallery rather than on Flickr. To me, the first implies art while the second implies exhibitionism.
Posted by marybeth at June 19, 2006 09:39 AM