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Professors of Fine Arts Norman Bryson and Irene J. Winter selected Kobena Mercer's article, "Skin Head Sex Thing," as part of the Literature and Arts B-10 sourcebook readings on photography as an art form. Among its 12 illustrations, Mercer's article includes photos by Robert Mapplethorpe and other artists depicting naked black men in homoerotic poses...
...Bryson and Winter asked Witt to reproduce the article in the sourcebook, yet he told them that it would be difficult to obtain copyrights to the photos in time for the start of the semester. The article appeared in the sourcebook, yet none of the photos were reproduced...
...Bryson or Winter decided to omit the photos on the grounds of obscenity, they would have been within their rights. But instead they decided that the photos cited in the Mercer article were relevant to their students' education...
...Bryson said he will teach the course again next year with Professor of Fine Arts Henri T. Zerner. He said he is likely to include the Mercer article in the sourcebook again...
...depends on what Henri and I cobble together," Bryson said this week. "But I'm quite keen for the Kobena Mercer article...