(A) the production of such visual depiction involves the use of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct Ny visual depiction, including any photograph, film, video, picture, or computer or computer-generated image or picture, whether made or produced by electronic, mechanical, or other means, of sexually explicit conduct, where. For example, going by your example, we can look at a relevant federal statute, 18 USC § 2256(8), which defines child pornography as: Therefore, in order to figure out if something is illegal, we look not to morality but to the law as it is written. Illegality is generally not related to morality.