, creep shots and cities - chaos and creativity.

 I wonder how one is supposed to look at Garry Winogrand's book on Women in NYC, now.  Or is the problem more with un 'Authored' works and not with the images themselves ??

The most successful cities achieve a kind of organised chaos – a rich, dense and varied mix of different kinds of people, ideas and businesses constantly colliding in new and interesting ways.

Jane Jacobs, an urban activist, made that observation in 1961 in her landmark book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities. Although she was describing cities built of bricks and mortar, her ideas about cultivating vibrancy feel relevant today, as some of the most important metropolises of the 21st century are being constructed online, where chaos is in no short supply.

Reddit has come under fire for harbouring a forum that encourages people to photograph women on the street covertly and upload the images for others to ogle and comment on.

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The pictures, nicknamed "creep shots," incited outrage and provoked other members of the site and some journalists to out those distributing the suggestive images.

These actions, in turn, prompted an outcry from those who felt they should be able to retain their anonymity while posting photographs of women without consent.

The skirmish has set off a debate about privacy and free speech, ownership and community, digital rights and accountability, touching on issues of privilege and the undercurrents of power that course through the web.

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/when-the-webs-chaos-turns-ugly-20121022-280q2.html#ixzz2A6nrKiGY

 Winogrand's ' Women are Beautiful' 

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