Portrait Of My British Wife

There's been a wee bit of controversy in the press recently about this photograph:

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Portrait of My British Wife by Panayiotis Lamprou is on the shortlist for this year's Taylor Wessing photographic portrait prize.

The debate is, of course, about the clearly displayed cunt. Something which always gladdens the soul, as I've said before.

For example, this article in the Guardian. I found all this 'when does art become voyeurism' stuff very amusing. Isn't all art voyeurism of one sort or another?

The thing I found myself drawn to when I first saw it was the casual erotic power in her pose and expression. There's a total lack of the coyness often seen in explicit photos.

She just is.