Her Anger Runneth Over (A 'Sex' Worker Appears 'Just the Opposite')

Mixed lighting, uncorrected and totally unflattering, a blink caught

in mid-blink with long eyelashes showing way too much makeup, a sneer

undisguised, -- all correctly portray the 'attitude' of this woman

who was a 'model' advertising 'sexual wares' for a porno merchant 'to

the trade only' at the January Las Vegas Adult Expo, in the basement

of the Las Vegas Sands Expo Center where the public seldom ventured

and mainly for sex shop merchants.

 

I talked with her and she said 'this is a hard business -- you don't

want to know the awful things I have had to do!' She was right! And

neither do you, I am sure.

 

Did I capture this woman's essence, given this story? If so, please

rate according to how well I have done, not according to traditional

standards of 'beauty' but how well I have done according to capturing

her 'essence' which I can assure you is not very 'pretty'. Your

ratings and critiques are invited and most welcome. If you rate

harshly or very critically, please submit a helpful and constructive

comment; please share your superior photographic knowledge. Thanks!

(here's where I'd normally say 'Enjoy' but of course, that's probably

not possible -- well at least try to understand it take 'guts' to

make a posting like this . . . . ;-)) John

this is the extreme change of the outer self of a woman changed from the inside with the pass of time. It would be a great documentary if you started photographing her 25 years ago every year until now...I had seen a similar work like the one I say, with 4 sisters...of course none of them had this...result

You have said it much better than I can. Ordinarily I would comment extensively, but in the intro, I already did, and the raters have taken my cue, and your comments have added immensely.

 

Thank you raters, for reading the caption and intro and 'getting it'. I had expected a slew of 3/3s, no matter how 'serious' a take this was -- but again the serious raters have surprised me.

 

How wonderful!

 

Thanks also, Billy for a wonderful comment.

 

John (Crosley)

 

(There's much to be said for the 'art' of caption writing -- and how one words one's 'Request for Critique' -- and I am sure this is an 'object lesson' for some.)

 

JC

Essence? WOW, that is a good question. Leather skin. Fake eyes, teeth, lips, hair. I even wonder if the jewely is real. The only thing I am pretty sure about is the nose and even then it looks like it has been broken a few time. I'm sure her BOOBS are fake too.

 

Essence? Did you capture her essence? How could you. I can't find her. I can't even tell if that is her real eye color. I really can't even tell if SHE is a girl. I'm pretty sure it is. WOW, I called her an it.

 

That is what SHE has become because she is so fake.

 

what has she done to herself that she has made herself a consumable. Her essence is gone. She is nomore. She is only color on the screen. She is just a body looking into a camera like a animal looking out of a cage. A soul trying to figure out how to flee from it's shell of a body.

 

Her essence of a PORN actor was captured but her essence of who SHE is was not. BUT deep down in those eyes I see the desire of her real self searching for something. Somewhere it wants to come out.

 

Why did it get such HIGH RATINGS?

 

Because we all see ourselves in this picture. OUR FAKE SELVES.

 

AND, we all see something else.

 

We see ourself in the picture!

 

We see ourself deep inside. See looking into the picture and in those eyes I see her looking at you! I see her looking at you and she sees you trying to reach her and actually treating her with some dignity. There's your rating.

 

~ micki

" It is a bussines doing a plesure with you" :)

 

Great photo!

Great comment!

 

John (Crosley)

Bravo to you in spades to one of the best written comments on Photo.net ever.

 

I don't know if she's a 'porn actress' or not, but she definitely is in the 'sex trade' in some way, shape manner, or form, judging by her comments to me.

 

But your comment stands as a singular, all time great comment.

 

You should frame it.

 

Put it out there where people can read it.

 

Say 'I wrote that'. Put the photo near it so people can see everything. They'll see the genius in your comment. Put in a portfolio of your best work.

 

It's pure poetry because you uncovered the essence of everything in your comment.

 

My hat's off to you, once again.

 

John (Crosley

She's a facade.....she is nothing that she portrays...that is what I see. I see someone's little girl/boy that made some bad choices, wrong turns and had no one strong enough to pull her back. I see anger masking sadness.

John , the shot is good because you can't help but wonder about who,what and why.

J

If I were a teacher, I'd give you a gold star.

 

But funny, when I posted what I thought was a 'GREAT' shot of 'Mario, a Bruthuh' who really is trying, I think to overcome a bad background and has great promise' and a great photo,, is got slammed in the ratings. It helps if you're female, white and a sex worker, I think.

 

Still, you are not guilty of discrimination . . . the populace in general reflects that, in my view . . . the PN populace . . . not consciously.

 

And there is a black thuggery contingent that is repulsive to me -- you're not 'in' unless you've been in prison . . . or so it goes, which turns all conventional wisdom on its ear.

 

But some small part of that is because blacks long has been isolated; part of that stretched from the 'Black Power' movement and Black Pride movement which said all things black were just as good or better and since Blacks find themselves in prison far greater than the general populace, then it can be glorified by some . . . all to turn a buck . . . after all, it is a genuine part of the culture.

 

And worse, if you're Black, more likely than not the cops are gonna be extra careful with you because of the greater numbers of blacks who commit crimes wilfully, and at the same time, ordinary law-abiding blacks everyday see that as discrimination because they did nothing, and if a bad cop gets a chance, he'll (she'll) plant something or do something to a black person rather than a white person, just out of that cop's own prejudice and//or ignorance (aren't they the same thing?)

 

It's a self-fulfilling prophecy or a vicious circle. Cops expect blacks to commit more crimes, blacks feel like they're condemned before they even start, to a life of being viewed as criminals, so why not actually do the crime for which they are 'suspect' and at least have some 'reward', since they may be fingered wrongly, and so on, and then they do become criminals the the cycle self-perpetuates.

 

Then they go to prison where they trade stories and secrets and get 'hardened' if they're not already.

 

What happened to the blacks (Negroes) of the '20s, '30s and '40s, who were upwardly mobile and good citizens who raised their children well. Some raised children like Craig McCaw, billionaire entrepreneur and executive or Bill Cosby, but many have failed, and the breakdown of the family, once seen as welfare caused, has become a cultural phenomenon (albeit one that crosses racial lines, but seems particularly endemic in the black population.)

 

But this sneering woman (and that is a sneer, has a horrible photo taken of her, which does reveal much about her outward appearance - a repugnant outer self, and there is much sympathy for my photography and introspection, it appears.

 

What if I had taken a similar photo of a black sex worker?

 

(Janis O'K -- this does NOT relate to you or your personal feelings . . . your comment was a stepping off place for my personal thoughts . . . or ramblings)

 

John (Crosley)