Naked New York

Did you know that it's perfectly legal for a woman to go topless in New York City?

It's true! It was officially legalized for ladies to show their boobies in 1992 and New York photographer Jordan Matter decided to document it...

From his website:

"A woman's right to appear topless in public was legalized in New York in 1992. Since New York is the only state with such a law, forty-nine out of fifty states deem it illegal for a woman to remove her shirt in public. However, men are free to take off their shirts with impunity. Challenging this inequity between the sexes is the purpose of my work. There has been a recent shift in America towards a socially conservative philosophy, so right after Janet Jackson's breast was exposed at the Super Bowl, I started asking women to appear topless in New York City. I wanted to document what the Federal Communications Commission called "great outrage among the American people" over a bare breast. But soon I realized there was very little outrage. Of the thousands of people who saw the women topless, most reacted with enthusiasm, humor, and encouragement. This project has been featured by the Today Show, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, The BBC, the New York Daily News, The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, WOR Radio, CBS Radio, NY1 News, and the Foley Gallery in Chelsea..."

He forgot, "Demented Tidbits"!

Or should that be "Titbits?"

Oh, never mind...

So good, I had to include it twice. Starbucks & Boobs...these are a few of my favorite things!

Click here to see more uncovered New Yorkers, here to see a series of videos about the project, here for interviews with the ladies and here to see enough boobs to fill a football stadium.

You can thank me later.

Comments

[First Louis]

In Columbus, Ohio it has been ruled a few times that it isn't illegal to be topless.

[VirGin]

Hola,

Of course, I like seeing the boobs. But I have to say ... it shouldn't matter. If a woman wants to walk around without a top, she should be able to do so. After all, the boobs are for the babies, not for us.

I, for one, would do absolutely *nothing* that might make a woman walking around topless to reconsider and put her clothes back on.

-V-

[charles]

love all the pictures.....