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Mapplethorpe Art Trial

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JUDGE DAVID J. ALBANESE; CITES DIRECTLY FROM REISMAN'S DEFINITION OF WHAT "AN IMAGE" IS AND HOW THE IMAGE WORKS ON VIEWERS

"The Court finds that each photograph has a separate identity; each photograph has a visual and unique image permanently recorded."
-- The Washington Post, September 7, 1990, p. B5

RE: REISMAN MEDIA FORENSIC DATA AT MAPPLETHORPE TRIAL OF HOMOEROTIC PHOTOGRAPHY:

"YOUR TESTIMONY WAS CRITICAL TO THE MOTION, AND YOUR TESTIMONY
ENSURED A FAVORABLE RULING FOR THE STATE," FRANK PROUTY, JR. SR ASSIST. PROSECUTOR