Yesterday marked the release of Dave Hoekstra’s book (with photos by me) called “The People’s Place: Soul Food Restaurants and Reminiscences from the Civil Rights Era to Today” Amazon link here!!
We celebrated at the Southern Food and Beverage Museum in New Orleans with a meal cooked in their restaurant with recipes from the book and an exhibit.
A good time was had by all!!
On the flight home I was reading an email from a publicist regarding an actress named Ruby Rose (Orange is the New Black) who had done an interview and photo shoot for a magazine called The Untitled Magazine. Her publicist emailed the magazine to say that “She looked incredible. We are thrilled and excited to see the final edit.”
The publicist then became concerned that the clothes she was wearing were too revealing!
Shouldn’t the basic rule of thumb be as follows:
If you look down and see your boobs, tell the photographer you don’t want to wear the clothes!! (Unless you want people to see your boobs!!)
I once did a photo shoot with an artist who arrived looking beautiful, wearing a nice red jacket and black pants. She asked to go to the bathroom to check her makeup and returned five minutes later with red streaks (to look like blood) running down her cheeks. I asked her if that is how she wanted to be photographed and she said, “Of course- that is why I painted this stuff on!”
So a month later, the photo appeared in a magazine and I received an angry call from her manager. Nothing I could say to him made him feel any differently, and I never got to photograph any of his bands again.
I think this world need some better communication!!!!