Facebook removes the page Nederlands Fotomuseum | inside

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Since May of this year, the exhibition Lust for Life is exhibited at the Rotterdam Museum, with the offending photo. Director Birgit Donker is deeply outraged: "Ed van der Elsken is one of the most famous Dutch photographers, and is known around the world for his direct, unconventional and personal style, and he did not know how to capture the world. Zeitgeist of the 60s and 70s. Bare was irrevocably part of this time.Pictures of such a great photographer should never be censored on a platform such as Facebook, like no other work of art. art should not be banned because of nudity. "

" Unfortunately, it is impossible to directly ask for clarification, "said spokeswoman Annemarie. van den Eijkel. "Of course, we tried, but we have not received a response yet."

Naked Woman

The photo in question was taken by Ed van der Elsken in Japan in 1960. In the picture, a naked woman is lying under an open window. "A beautiful image that refers to the representation of the classic female nude in the history of art," said Birgit Donker. "It is a mystery to us why Facebook regards this photo as shocking, it is an artistic image of a decisive photographer, and we rely on Facebook to recognize it as well."

According to Annemarie van den Eijkel, employees and visitors to the Dutch Photo Museum had already been victims of the desire to regulate Facebook's employees. "Their posts were removed from the show and their accounts were blocked for a few hours. "

Exception

This is not the first time that Facebook presents works of art that can be seen naked.Because this has been regularly disputed, the policy has been slightly modified: "There would be an exception for paintings, sculptures and other works of art depicting nude characters. Last year, the Facebook page of the Montreal Museum was blocked after placing a Picasso nude. Then Facebook would look closely at what they could and could not afford. And now, again. "

Without a doubt, the Nederlands Fotomuseum dares to assert that the photography of Ed van der Elsken should be part of this exception. The Nederlands Fotomuseum therefore hopes that Facebook will change its censorship decision on the basis of its policy.