Thanks everyone for your views and comments. This was a shot that I asked the actress to do for my book [portfolio] at the end of an editorial shoot --which did not include the toilet!
The magazine was doing a profile on Sarah [who is currently on The Bold And The Beautiful] so the Vanity Fair reference is accurate. One always has to balance their artistic vision [i agree, I wanted her nylons down around her ankles] with the wants and wishes of the celebrity and ever attendant publicist [in this case, a working actress who has to watch out for her public image, and while I would never break my word on keeping these out of the tabloids, I'm sure that there exists other photographers that would], so her fears are real.
My personal critique on this is that knowing the behind the scenes back story of what it takes to get anyone in Hollywood to play along now-a-days [unless your last name is Ritts, Leibovitz, or Seliger] makes it one of my favorite images. Are there compromises, sure, there are compromises on every shoot. But I have come to understand that getting the shot, and obtaining 75% to 80% of your vision, is a success. If I wanted to hire a model and produce the shot from scratch, thus maintaining complete control down to the nth degree, I dont think it would have the same impact [at least for me] as having Sarah play out the roll even though it is watered down.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts, and now you know the rest of the story.
Hoity Toity: Actress Sarah Buxton
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Thanks everyone for your views and comments. This was a shot that I asked the actress to do for my book [portfolio] at the end of an editorial shoot --which did not include the toilet!
The magazine was doing a profile on Sarah [who is currently on The Bold And The Beautiful] so the Vanity Fair reference is accurate. One always has to balance their artistic vision [i agree, I wanted her nylons down around her ankles] with the wants and wishes of the celebrity and ever attendant publicist [in this case, a working actress who has to watch out for her public image, and while I would never break my word on keeping these out of the tabloids, I'm sure that there exists other photographers that would], so her fears are real.
My personal critique on this is that knowing the behind the scenes back story of what it takes to get anyone in Hollywood to play along now-a-days [unless your last name is Ritts, Leibovitz, or Seliger] makes it one of my favorite images. Are there compromises, sure, there are compromises on every shoot. But I have come to understand that getting the shot, and obtaining 75% to 80% of your vision, is a success. If I wanted to hire a model and produce the shot from scratch, thus maintaining complete control down to the nth degree, I dont think it would have the same impact [at least for me] as having Sarah play out the roll even though it is watered down.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts, and now you know the rest of the story.