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Garry Gross Is Dead at 73; Photographer of Clothes and Their Absence
NY Times ^ | 12/07/10 | DENNIS HEVESI

Posted on 12/07/2010 10:41:39 AM PST by Borges

Garry Gross, a fashion photographer for 30 years who was best known for controversial photos of an unclothed 10-year-old Brooke Shields, died on Nov. 30 at his home in Manhattan. Mr. Gross, who in recent years had focused his cameras on dogs, was 73.

He died of natural causes, his sister, Linda Gross, said.

In 1975, before Ms. Shields became known as a child actress, her mother, Teri, signed a contract allowing Mr. Gross to take a series of photos of Brooke, in thick makeup and bejeweled, sitting and standing in a steaming, opulently decorated bathtub.

Mother and daughter received a total of $450 for the shoot.

Within a few years Ms. Shields had become a star with her equally controversial appearance as a pre-teenage prostitute in the 1978 film “Pretty Baby.” And when she was 17, she tried to block any further sale of the photos, contending that they were an invasion of her privacy and caused her embarrassment.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: 2010obituaries; culturewar; garrygross; obituary; pornification; sexualizingchildren

1 posted on 12/07/2010 10:41:40 AM PST by Borges
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To: Borges

Kiddie Porn at the tine, now its all the rage


2 posted on 12/07/2010 10:49:47 AM PST by GeronL
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To: Borges

Appropriately named.


3 posted on 12/07/2010 10:51:42 AM PST by bgill (K Parliament- how could a young man born in Kenya who is not even a native American become the POTUS)
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To: Borges

RIP.


4 posted on 12/07/2010 10:53:26 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
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To: Borges
An "artist" takes nude pictures of children for profit + fine,business as usual!

A parent takes pictures of their own children nude because it's cute,and are arrested after the photo lab calls the police!

Why the difference?

5 posted on 12/07/2010 11:02:30 AM PST by hoosierham (Waddaya mean Freedom isn't free ?;will you take a credit card?)
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To: hoosierham

“Why the difference?”

Artistic recognition is one difference. Gotta keep control of the media and the cash flow, Ya Know?

Artists gotta eat too. And, that is harder every day, as Everyman and Everywoman increasingly have access to electronic cameras and cheap color printing.


6 posted on 12/07/2010 11:52:10 AM PST by GladesGuru (In a society predicated upon freedom, it is essential to examine principles,)
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To: hoosierham

“Why the difference?”

What sane person can understand the mind of a Liberal?


7 posted on 12/07/2010 12:00:48 PM PST by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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To: Borges
Garry Gross, a fashion photographer for 30 years who was best known for controversial photos of an unclothed 10-year-old Brooke Shield...

Naming this "Photographer of Clothes and Their Absence" has got to win the Spin of the Week award.

Today is December 7th. In Memorium, the New York Times should publish a story entitled: "Japan, Explorer's of Hawaiian Military Bases and Their Absence."

8 posted on 12/07/2010 12:05:36 PM PST by Talisker (When you find a turtle on top of a fence post, you can be damn sure it didn't get there on its own.)
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To: hoosierham
A parent takes pictures of their own children nude because it's cute they're perverts, and are arrested after the photo lab calls the police!

There, fixed that for you.

9 posted on 12/07/2010 5:10:38 PM PST by newzjunkey (expired "Bush tax cut" = Obama Tax Increase)
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To: newzjunkey
OK,still why wasn't the "pro" photographer arrested as a pervert?

By the way, I was thinking of parents taking the baby on the rug or bathtub picture ,not a ten-year old in make-up.

10 posted on 12/08/2010 8:43:47 AM PST by hoosierham (Waddaya mean Freedom isn't free ?;will you take a credit card?)
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