12:38PM Jess McGuire | It seems like a lifetime ago that everyone in this country was up in arms over controversial photographer Bill Henson, but it was
only back in May! It was a crazy time, with one half of the country pointing the finger and screaming “DIRTY PEDO ART FREAK!” at anyone who dared to take a photograph of their off-spring naked in the bath, and the other half photographing their off-spring naked in the bath and then popping the picture on a magazine cover as a giant “eat my poo” gesture to the Henson haters.
During all the kerfuffle, columnists, letter writers, and Prime Ministers all took a turn in giving their opinion on Bill Henson’s art to the media, but the one person who kept their trap shut was Bill Henson himself.
No more!
Photographer Bill Henson has broken his silence to launch a defence of his controversial art, which was decried earlier this year as verging on child pornography.
And what does he have to say for himself?
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