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Olympia Nelson (born 1997) is the Australian daughter of female fine arts photographer Polixeni Papapetrou and male art critic Robert Nelson who writes for the Australian magazine ''The Age''; she attracted the media attention twice: once for her nude modeling for fine art photography as a six years old child on the cover of the fine arts journal ''Art Monthly Australia'' in a fine arts photograph taken by her mother〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Olympia )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Olympia Nelson defends photo of her on Art Monthly cover )〕 which was criticized by the then Prime Minister of Australia and once for the publication of her article criticizing teenage girls who seek social networking popularity by posting sexualized selfies. ==Olympia as a six-year-old fine arts nude model and response by the Australian state== Olympia was six years old when she was photographed nude by her mother for fine art photography purposes. After some years the photo recreating Lewis Carroll's photograph of a nude Beatrice Hatch was published on the cover of the fine arts journal ''Art Monthly Australia'', as a form of protest against the police confiscation of fine arts photographs by fine art photographer Bill Henson, depicting nude children who had modeled in his studio with their mothers' consent. The photograph of Olympia nude caused responses by the Australian state, with the then Federal Opposition Leader Brendan Nelson calling for a police investigation because the arts journal's cover photograph could be used by paedophiles and the then Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd stating that he "cannot stand the image", while the then Federal Family Minister Jenny Macklin said that "children were being sexualized in ways that robs them of a childhood" and the then Federal Arts Minister Peter Garrett criticized the journal's cover saying it was "needlessly provocative" and announced that the Australian Government would call the Australian Council to set up a set of rules over the use of children in works of art and publications that receive government funding. Eleven year old Olympia and her father, Robert, while speaking to journalists outside their home defended the journal's decision to put nude Olympia on its cover, with Olympia saying that the photo "is one of my favourites, if not my favourite photo, my mum has ever taken of me and she has taken so many photos of me. I think that the picture my mum took of me had nothing to do with being abused and I think nudity can be a part of art. I'm really, really offended by what Kevin Rudd had to say about this picture."〔 In response to Olympia's defense of the photo, the then Australian Federal Opposition Leader Brendan Nelson stated, "The use and sexualization of children in this way is indefensible, whether in the name of art, parental consent or political protest and that the child concerned defends the photographs in my view merely compounds what has happened."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Olympia Nelson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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