No Box For The Brave And Beautiful

Today, the year 1946, the birthday of American photographer Robert Mapplethorpe known for his large scaled black and whites and who died in 1989. One of his books was under prosecution under the terms of the Obscene Publications Act, defining obscenity as material to deprave and corrupt. Fortunately, like in ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’, the trial was unsuccessful, and came to an end. The slightly damaged book got returned and restored. Today also marks the first full year of presidency of Barack Obama. His sweeping away the dusty corners of the Bush administration, to restore the US of A, takes courage, determination and deserves support. I would say: ‘don’t let yourself get boxed in, Mr. President, hold on!’ Image by Photobucket/vidabo