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1. Bob Mottram (bob@social.freedombone.net)'s status on Sunday, 10-Dec-2017 18:39:25 EST Bob Mottram
   I currently still use the Lena image as a test in libdeep, and it's a traditional image in computer vision research. From time to time there is always the question of whether Lena should be replaced with a different photo.
   
   If anyone has suggestions I think the candidate should be a a colour photo of a woman who is not part of the elite class. Like Lena she should be relatively ordinary, not some great heroine or celebrity. Dress should be civilian and not evocative of nationalism or militarism. Nor should she be particularly associated with the US (there is too much US-centrism imho).
   1. tekk (tekk@social.tekk.in)'s status on Sunday, 10-Dec-2017 18:50:58 EST tekk

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      @bob The main question I hear is "Why does it need to be a person at all?" with a side of more moralistic stuff about how the source image is porn and that's kinda questionable. I'd say that there's undoubtedly an advantage to having a standardized image (or set thereof) but I've never really gotten the reason for Lena in particular aside from "it' what people use"
      1. tekk (tekk@social.tekk.in)'s status on Sunday, 10-Dec-2017 18:54:40 EST tekk

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         For what it's worth, Lenna Söderberg doesn't seem to mind her picture being used, she actually gave a talk about it at a conference in 1997. If you're on the birdsite you could probably ask her if she's changed her mind in the 20 years since, dunno how often she gets asked it; shes @lenasberg far as I can tell.