Zhang Ziyi
Pictures of Chinese superstar Zhang Ziyi showed up all over the Asian media yesterday. Zhang in a red bikini, Zhang topless, Zhang with hardly anything on walking and suntanning on a beautiful beach with her boyfriend.
Is the "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" actress a naturist? Hardly likely, but she obviously does enjoy sunbathing without the illogical hindrance of a bathing suit.
While Zhang was absolutely right to undress on a beach, there were two things absolutely wrong.
First of all, the pictures themselves. Zhang was not on a public naturist beach or otherwise, but on a private beach on a private island near the French Caribbean island of St. Bart. The small island is reportedly owned by her boyfriend, New York businessman Vivi Nevo. In other words, there shouldn't have been a photographer there. If a beach is private property, you ask the owner before you shoot pictures. It's that simple. 81 pictures of Zhang in various poses and stages of undress were posted on Chinese and Hong Kong pictures, and then shown again in newspapers and on TV stations all over the region. We're not doing so because we believe in privacy. Shooting pictures on a beach is allright, but shooting pictures of a particular person can only happen if you first bother to ask and obtain her/his approval. On a naturist beach, the rule in principle is that you don't take pictures of other persons.
The other thing that was absolutely wrong was the alleged reaction of many Chinese Internet surfers to the Zhang pictures. They didn't condemn the photographer, but Zhang, for "losing face," for taking off her clothes on a beach, for frolicking with her boyfriend. A completely wrong reaction, blaming the victim instead of the perpetrator, but understandable up to a point if you've ever been on an Asian beach where it sometimes looks like even the bikini has not been imported yet.
I just hope the whole paparazzi circus is not going to turn Zhang Ziyi off from topless or nude bathing. If you were on a private island, would you want to wear a swimsuit?
Is the "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" actress a naturist? Hardly likely, but she obviously does enjoy sunbathing without the illogical hindrance of a bathing suit.
While Zhang was absolutely right to undress on a beach, there were two things absolutely wrong.
First of all, the pictures themselves. Zhang was not on a public naturist beach or otherwise, but on a private beach on a private island near the French Caribbean island of St. Bart. The small island is reportedly owned by her boyfriend, New York businessman Vivi Nevo. In other words, there shouldn't have been a photographer there. If a beach is private property, you ask the owner before you shoot pictures. It's that simple. 81 pictures of Zhang in various poses and stages of undress were posted on Chinese and Hong Kong pictures, and then shown again in newspapers and on TV stations all over the region. We're not doing so because we believe in privacy. Shooting pictures on a beach is allright, but shooting pictures of a particular person can only happen if you first bother to ask and obtain her/his approval. On a naturist beach, the rule in principle is that you don't take pictures of other persons.
The other thing that was absolutely wrong was the alleged reaction of many Chinese Internet surfers to the Zhang pictures. They didn't condemn the photographer, but Zhang, for "losing face," for taking off her clothes on a beach, for frolicking with her boyfriend. A completely wrong reaction, blaming the victim instead of the perpetrator, but understandable up to a point if you've ever been on an Asian beach where it sometimes looks like even the bikini has not been imported yet.
I just hope the whole paparazzi circus is not going to turn Zhang Ziyi off from topless or nude bathing. If you were on a private island, would you want to wear a swimsuit?
Labels: Caribbean, China, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Rush Hour 2, Saint Bart's, Vivi Nevo, Zhang Ziyi
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