“Joie de vivre” is a (probably) NSFW photography that was source of one of the first controversies relating to Facebook community guidelines/standards on art and nudity…
Jim Harris asked a question at the time : Whose community? Whose standards?
The Sexy Photo Facebook Doesn’t Want You to See
Yesterday I posted a sublime, cheeky photo on Facebook. The reaction from my friends was swift: everyone loved it! So you can imagine my surprise when I logged onto Facebook this morning and found the picture had been removed due to its violating community standards.
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This fun photo, described as “Joie de vivre”, shot in Le Louvre in Paris, in front of the famous Henri Regnault’s “Three Graces” painting was posted on Facebook by Jim Harris. The next day it had been removed due to violations of FB community standards, probably driven by complaints, although the reactions from people were overwhelmingly positive.
I decided to test the reactions on Google+, as probably there were potentially less kids than over @ FB, and asked:
If you feel this is worth sharing, as I do, please send to your circles.
At the time I tagged a few people for their valuable thoughts on this: Rodney Pike / Guy Kawasaki / Guy Birenbaum / Chris Brogan / Hugh MacLeod / JD Andrews / Ben Kunz / Denis Labelle / Nina Paley / Franke James / Trey Ratcliff
You can read many comments below, and the post stayed as is in my Timeline, till G+ closed…
Stats: 64 +1s, 78 shares, 36 comments
36 replies on “Joie de vivre… (NSFW)”
Clare Cosgrove I agree. One question that was asked is: what might happen with posting the painting alone…
Valerie Bloomberg 😉
Feisal Kamil Many orgs can have their own agenda. But people on Social Networks, even if involved in such orgs, don’t push any agenda. Just their own feelings… What do you think?
I think it’s great. Certainly not done in a sexual nature and I personally have done much more shocking images which are all over the web. It’s a fun image. I wouldn’t mind my 13 year old daughter seeing it.
Feisal Kamil ..if this is the worst anyone’s 13yr old son with net access has seen I’d be shocked. And I wouldn’t mind either of my teenagers seeing it. Appreciation of humor and beauty don’t start at 18.
Thx Rodney Pike ; Feisal Kamil daughters or sons, who should really be worried with such stuff?
A woman’s ass is a beautiful thing.
one of them should be turned to the public, that is the problem (see the picture)
Clare Cosgrove Sometimes the line is so fine, that the “human regulators” behind the social networks prefer “easy blackout”… A complex matter, no easy solution.
Just 1 of the many things I like about G+. The intelligence and maturity level in most.
Oh, very nice! The seven graces!
nice back printing
Personally, I love it, but sadly, the picture is not in accordance with G+ SOP in regards to nudity and it will most probably be flagged as such and be replaced by one of those stupid exclamation mark in a triangle on a black background. Lame. This is the biggest flaw of G+ . On most of the rest of Google, one can set his/her filters to “Unrestricted” and make his/her own mind on the result. Having to endure imposed “appropriateness” on G+ is disgraceful. To paraphrase Asimov, Google don’t think that your stupidity should be valued equally to someone’s intelligence…
Philippe Cornu-Marquis wait and see… 😉 I did post as a test, too… did you mean flow or flaw above?
Didier J. MARY Oops thanks for pointing out the typo… corrected. B|
I love the self expression, I don’t see a problem with that.
My stepson 14 yo. is from EU and wouldn’t even give it a second thought.
All, fun fact: since Rodney Pike and myself posted this picture, we’re losing followers… 😉 Coincidence or… ?
Nice !
lady far left remains unconvinced and uncommitted! 🙂
Didier J. MARY I think it’s great. I would not have censored it. It does show that women are getting nicer bodies over time, right?
Guy Kawasaki Different times, different bodies…
I see nothing wrong with this. Sure, it’s fun and a little bit cheeky (pun unintended), but harmless.
Actually, I find it disappointing as to how people automatically consider nudity portrayed in oil paint on canvas to be fine art, yet when it is created on a modern media such as a photograph, they get offended and label it as sexual.
Great bums
What? The four at the bottom are for real 😉 ?
Hermoso…
Oui
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what tires me is the persistence of finding the naked human body obscene / dangerous. there is so much more obscenity around: fast food, fast wealth, monstrous urbanization, pollution, consumption, unhealthy living & working environments etc. the image of a grossly overweight family swallowing mcnuggets on a couch in front of a reality show: is that not obscene? is that not a violation of so much that western culture holds dear?
nomad dimitri I entirely agree there a far more obscene things than this photo
The only thing that I find wrong with this photo is, why are there four women undressing? The re-enactment of scene needs only 3. Why the fourth? 🙂
P.S.: Brilliant, fun, photograph. It’s a shame to consider it obscene in the slightest.
Aditya B : the other 3 dragged her to it, but she was the reluctant one. or maybe there is a follow up photo, where she actually turns around…
what is the girl on the right looking at?
This is too funny. I just love it.
Jak już pozują to niech to robią dobrze.
hahahaha that painting sure inspired them!