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"Renowned Artist L. Scooter Morris Challenges Viewers with Iconic Imagery in Multilayered 'Sculpted Paintings'"

Can you first of all just tell us why it was that you decided to have your children participate in taking this photo? >> i think at the time when jonathan spoke to us about doing the photo we thought it was an interesting concept. and also, i do believe that nowadays with media and what children are exposed to you really cant sort of hide from it, what your children are going to see. at the same time we were very hands-on with jonathan during the shoot. we were present at all times. and you know...

Its for us as adults to look and acknowledge what kids see in the world. >> and i want to go back to the abu ghraib photo in particular there. were those children who participated in that, were they aware of what they were doing? did you actually tell them what they were re-enacting? or did their parents? >> i dont think we had to go into that level of detail. i think any kid who plays guns or war games or anything like that understands that there is sort of a lesser -- you know, theres less pro...