It's rude to stare: Bill Henson revisited
Bill Henson could be a latter-day Actaeon, the hapless deer-hunter metamorphosed into a stag and then killed by his own hounds for spying on the nude goddess Diana at her bath. Although surreptitious, watching or staring at others is an ancient topos in cultural history it is still fraught with danger and taboo especially where nudity is involved. Even today it is considered rude to stare.
