![]() ![]() “Both photographs capture children at play and the innocence of childhood, nothing more revealing than you might see in a neighborhood park,” the document says. With regard to the photos that feature the Fosters, the motion states that the faces of the parents are not revealed, the children are obscured and the subjects are in plain view. The document adds that as the images “were taken through windows that are fully exposed to the street, they cannot support a claim for intentional infliction of severe emotional distress.” Svenson’s legal motion of June 5 asserts that neither his conduct nor photographs violate any New York laws. ![]() The plaintiffs say they are “frightened and angered” by the “utter disregard for their privacy and the privacy of their children” and the “seclusion and solitude of their homes.” The complaint adds that Svenson’s conduct is “so out of keeping with the standards of morality in the community as to evince an intentional or reckless disregard of its likelihood to cause severe emotional distress to the Fosters.”Īlthough Svenson removed the pictures from the exhibition when contacted by an attorney, the Fosters still want to remove all remaining pictures from the photographer’s possession, a permanent injunction against further photographic intrusions, plus damages and costs. The document alleges that the minors’ faces are “clearly recognizable,” which could endanger their safety by attracting the attention of “undesirable and potentially dangerous people.” ![]() The girl is in a swim suit the boy is wearing a diaper. One image shows Martha Foster holding her 2-year-old son, with her 4-year-old daughter standing beside her. The Fosters’ complaint details the couple’s distress about two photos that feature their children. Another woman is crouched near the window, scrubbing the floor or picking something off the ground. The lower halves of a couple in bath robes are caught breakfasting, their feet touching under the table. An expectant mother is pictured in profile. A man in T-shirt and jeans dozes on a sofa. A woman in a raincoat stands by the window, her face obscured by a twisted gold curtain. All are carefully framed to avoid revealing the full faces of their subjects. The photographs themselves are both abstract and specific, capturing mundane but intimate moments of domestic modern life. Svenson is no longer commenting on the controversy, but says in his exhibition notes: “For my subjects, there is no question of privacy� The neighbors don’t know they are being photographed I carefully shoot from the shadows of my home into theirs.” The motion argues that the pictures are not illegal and are protected under an artist’s freedom of expression under First Amendment rights. On Wednesday, his attorney filed a motion calling for the New York county court to throw out the Fosters’ complaint. In the latest development, Svenson is fighting back. ![]()
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