What happens when a cerebral art and fashion photographer is asked to create a tabloid-style topless cheesecake image? A thoughtful meditation on the real obscenity of nudity and the power of sexual images for commercial purposes (not to mention a shot of artist John Currin's penis): "Essentially, ideas of obscenity are defined by powerful political interests. Sexuality is one of the few things that is absolutely free - sex can sell, but sex between two people isn't marketable. It's the one thing that people can do for fun for free. A lot of people have a problem with this - they think sexuality needs to be controlled."

"Page 3 stunnas!" by Wolfgang Tillmans (guardian.co.uk - thanks Greg)
"John and Paula, Sitting Bottomless" by Wolfgang Tillmans (guardian.co.uk)
See also: Wolfgang Tillmans: "Restless" (photo gallery @ nerve.com)
"Lutz and Alex sitting in the trees", Wolfgang Tillmans (1992) (guardian.co.uk)
Wolfgang Tillmans: "Portraits" and "Wolfgang Tillmans" (Amazon)

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