You are probably all familiar by now with the recent mass nude Spencer Tunick photo shoot at Sydney’s Opera House that appeared to go off without a hitch, and was enjoyed and applauded by all with no instances of gross perversions reported.

However, one Queenslander was so outraged by this event that he was moved to fire off a letter to today’s Sydney Morning Herald …

How many people were arrested for indecent exposure in a public place? From the lack of media reports, none. That the police allowed this disgraceful display calls into question their ability to enforce the law. Are they afraid to do that? That the citizens of this once great city appear not to have protested calls into question their level of support for immorality in their midst. This was not art, it was grubby voyeurism at its worst. – David Stevens, Sunnybank Hills (Qld)

To which I was moved to fire off a response …

Re yesterday’s letter from David Stevens of Sunnybank Hills, Queensland protesting the “disgraceful”, “grubby voyeurism” and “immorality” of the recent Spencer Tunick photo shoot, I would like it be known that I am not native to Queensland, I only work here. – Ross Sharp, (Qld)

You’ve no idea how many times over the past five years I’ve felt it necessary to point this out.

Tags: Art, Queenslanders