At 9:36 AM -0400 5/10/10, John Palcewski wrote:
Let's consider how people would have reacted had the caption been
different from:
"Yep...I just keep on churnin' out them thar purdy pictures! "
This is like a masculine wink and a nudge in a strip club. Dude!
It's just a bunch of "purdy" gals without their clothes on! Hardy,
har, HAR.
The costume, the look, is above anything else SEXUAL.
Why claim otherwise?
And that is, indeed, the question.
I have no issue with Russ shooting this sort of stuff, although
philosophically and socially I have big issues with the stuff. But
the real problem for me is that Russ appears to not understand what
the market is that he's meeting. It's even OK with me if he likes
shooting this stuff, but I find it really sad that he doesn't emit
even the tiniest sense that many on the forum are dismayed that he
isn't interested in finding a less troubling way of making a living.
Sure, one can shoot and get paid well for shooting dog fights, but
where does ones ethical sense come in.
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