Zach Hyman, whose photography features nude models in public New York locations, said model Kathleen Neill, 26, was detained by a guard at the Arms and Armor exhibit and arrested by police, the New York Post reported Thursday.
"Everything was going perfect until the very end," Hyman said. "Then it became a worst-case scenario."
Police said Neill was charged with public lewdness. She was released on a desk-appearance ticket.
Hyman told KNBC-TV, New York, he limits all of his photo shoots to 30 seconds of snapping to minimize the amount of time his models have be nude and potentially vulnerable to arrest. He said he always carries bail money on shoots and has his lawyer on speed dial.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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I wonder if anyone has taken a very serious look into the Constitutional right of the Police (Government) to detain and arrest any person for being nude in public. Arrest or stopping anyone from moving about freely is very serious. If the government should use the nude body being offensive in any way, it seems to me they can do the same thing I am required to do when I see someone who is dressed offensively or just looks offensive to me. Don't look and or leave the area.
For me there is a very real argument for allowing nudity in public. An argument I would like to make in front of any group wanting to fight this. I choose to not run around nude but that is because of how I feel about my beat up body. But I also feel that nudity has a good argument. Tell the Church goers that God did not bring them into the world with a diaper and pajamas.
Larry
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