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====Date: [[:Category:1995 - 2005|1995 - 2005]] [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]====

====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America]] [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|{location3}]]====

====Subject: [[:Category:Explicit Sexuality|Explicit Sexuality]] [[:Category:Nudity|Nudity]] [[:Category:|]]====

====Medium: [[:Category:Photography|Photography]] [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]====

'''Description of Artwork:''' There were two photos at issue: one from David Hamilton’s “Twenty Five Years as an Artist” and the other from Graham Ovenden’s “State of Grace”.  In both pictures in question there were images of naked girls in different provocative poses.  Both artists whose pictures are in question are respected and notable artists.  “Twenty Five Years as an Artist” by artist and photographer David Hamilton has sold more than one million copies.  Although controversial, Hamilton’s photographs have been displayed by galleries and distributed to libraries around the world.  <P>

'''The Incident:''' While investigating 49-year-old convicted pedophile Charles Davis San Diego police discovered that Davis had in his possession various photocopies of images of naked girls in different provocative positions. There were two photos at issue: one from David Hamilton’s “Twenty Five Years as an Artist” and the other from Graham Ovenden’s “State of Grace”.  Davis told the police that he photocopied the images from two reference books in the San Diego downtown public library.  Davis was arrested and tried in April 2000 for possessing child pornography.  San Diego Superior Court Judge William Kennedy convicted Davis of the charges against him ruling that the defendant obtained the two books from the library for sexual purposes.  In his ruling the Judge stated, “[The books] are not for art’s sake but for sexual purposes”. <P>

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