Art or Porn?

     This picture was taken off of my computer screen.  I took this picture because I liked the standing girl, and I liked that it was black and white.

     Is it art, or porn?  I don't know.  It depends on how you look at it, or who is the viewer.

     I think it is a doctored photo as is, with a celebrity woman's head placed on another body.

     I did not realize that at first, until I really started looking.

     I don't know who the celebrity is, and it doesn't matter to me.  I haven't been able to keep up with the new celebrities in the last ten years.  It hasn't been important to me.  I've been busy with other things, and I just don't think celebrities are all that important anyhow.

     Since it is a doctored photo, I was thinking of uploading this to my art website as my work, since it is my photograph of a photograph.  The texture is changed because of the screen effect.  I realized that wasn't enough to turn it into my art, so I was thinking of pumping this photo into my art painting program, and putting some circles or amorphous shapes over her face, breasts, and pubic area.  That would definitely be enough to turn it into my art. and would be acceptable for the website.  They allow some nudity, but they don't necessarily encourage it.  The site is a little conservative, as is most art in the United States.

     So, is this photo art?  Is it porn?  Is it just an anatomy study? 

     From my perspective, I could just look and admire her body, and that would be art.  If I start masturbating to it, then it is porn.  So, I guess the answer is that this photo is both.

     Some photos are only art, but this particular photo serves two purposes. 

     Also, if the person who took this photo from somewhere else on the web, and put another head on her, is that his art?  He stole the images of the head and the body from somewhere else.  Would anyone care if I stole art from a thief?  If the photo is undoctored, but I don't think so, then who is the artist?  The model or the photographer?  I guess they both own the photo, unless a release form was signed, and it probably was.  A woman doesn't pose for this kind of photo for free, unless she is dating the photographer.