Framing Innocence: A Mother's Photographs, a Prosecutor's Zeal, and a Small Town's Response

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10 years ago, amateur photographer and school bus driver Cynthia Stewart was arrested for trying to develop photographs of her eight-year-old daughter, Nora - in two of which she was in the shower. This heart wrenching story brilliantly probes the many questions raised about when a photograph of a naked child crosses the line from innocent family photographs to child pornography. Poet Lynn Powell was a neighbour of Cynthia's and beautifully relays the traumatic events that threatened an ordinary, innocent family.

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Beautifully written a page turner.
Slate

[A] well-written, absorbing book.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer

[T]horoughly and fairly reported.
The Wall Street Journal

Framing Innocence restores the truth of a familys life.
Sally Mann, photographer and author of At Twelve: Portraits of Young Women and Immediate Family

Author Bio

Lynn Powell is the author of two books of poetry, Old and New Testaments and The Zones of Paradise. She lives with her family in Oberlin, Ohio.