Privacy is something that we as citizens all feel is necessary and deserved. Also as citizens, it is true that we are enabled to have privacy with certain exceptions. Many times the government tries to overstep their boundaries and dig too far into a person’s privacy. That of which is exactly what happened to Cynthia Stewart. Framing Innocence by Lynn Powell captures the story of Cynthia Stewart as a free spirited mother who thoroughly enjoyed photography. Stewart loved to take pictures of her daughter, Nora, whom of which was eight years old at the time. She liked to photograph her daughter to create memories that they can cherish together forever. Stewart, like any other parent would do, jumped at any opportunity to capture their young children …show more content…
Every family has a special bond that they tend to share and the Stewart family shared something special as well, which just happened to be a camera. All of the pictures taken with the camera were well documented and neatly organized in the house. Stewart was not going to sale any of the pictures of her daughter or any of the other pictures she had taken. She was not going to show anyone the pictures unless they were close family or friends. There were probably more pictures that the prosecutor would have viewed as obscene, but to Stewart she believed that she was acting with good judgment when it came to Nora. Again, many families have things that they do that are unique to that particular family, but just because you may not participate in that activity with your family does not make it wrong. An abused child is one that has been victimized under the endangerment clause; which explains a child cannot be photographed doing anything that can be viewed as obscene (75). Out of the nineteen photographs the prosecution viewed that nine of the photos were inappropriate (107). Those photos however were only viewed as inappropriate if you were looking solely at the