But seriously, I don't understand how this is better than the original. They have the same issues.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ways_of_Seeing
I'm sure Lena could say she had the photo taken for herself and her own enjoyment of her beauty, however it was paid for by by a men's magazine so self-appreciation probably not what she or the photographer had in mind.
"Berger asserts that only twenty or thirty nudes in the European oil painting tradition depict a woman as herself rather than as a subject of male idealisation or desire."
I fully agree. Now, could you explain what is the problem with that?
Could you point out what is actually wrong with one person being attracted by another person?
I was going to write “No one’s stopping you from using Lenna,” but admittedly if you tried to submit a paper with it, you’d face a stiff headwind. I don’t think that’s her fault though.