To be fair, I think he never really had any idea what the exhibition was like till he took a position. I believe it was purely a political position. The only people defending the photographer were a bunch of hippies & the girl in the photos & her parents.

Not in melbourne. The general public and arts community came out strong to defend Henson, as did Malcolm turnbull

Did they? All I saw was a few dozen people outside of the Arts Centre. Anyway, I think he expected public opinion to be even more against then it was.