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Submitted: November 5, 2012
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Native Bulgarian Americanby ~walker1812

Photography / People & Portraits / Fashion Portraits

Far and away my favorite model in my favorite place to shoot with her. What can I say about her other than she makes me be a better photographer. If you haven't shot with her, you need to hire her and do so. Yes, I said hire her, you get what you pay for and more.

Model: Mila Todorova
MUA: Melissa Velazquez
Headdress: Bill Murphy
Location: Little Big Econlockhatchee State Forest
Photographer: Jesse Walker, Walker1812 Photography

50mm, f/2.8, 1/160 sec, ISO-250, one gold bounce.

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*EbolaBear May 13, 2013

Awesome work!

~walker1812 3 days ago

thank you

~e-uphoria Feb 18, 2013 Photographer

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*mlidikay Feb 15, 2013 Professional Photographer

There are some things I wonder about when reading through the debate. When I saw the picture I knew there would be a reaction. I do know the tradition behind the headdress, which the majority of Americans do not. I would guess that the photographer did not in shooting the picture.

One of the objections would that women would not wear that headdress. Of course the same could be said of a soldiers uniform, or firefighters turnouts, used in a pinup. Yet they don't draw the same controversy. I could see arguments being made for both tradition and sexism.

For the religious significance, pictures of a nude woman with a cross don't get as many objections. I have to wonder what that means. Would it be desensitization, or a comment on the value that different people place on their religions?

When a read the comment about the feathers representing achievements, I got to wondering what the feathers would represent today. I see these headdresses at pow wows, yet there are no wars in our country. Are those who wear them soldiers or police? Do thier deeds compare with the man 200 years ago defending his people?

Myself I would not have put a woman in this headdress, it seems kind of cheesy to me. I am not sure I would say it is wrong, just not my normal style. Myself I would like to do a more traditional scene from before European cultural contamination.

~seawolfe52 Jan 30, 2013

If someone looks at me and tells me they think I'm being offensive I tell them I spent two years in a pow camp in Vietnam fighting for my fredom and theirs so I could be Offenisve its called freedom of expression. and while I fought to give to you the right to tell me Im offensive I also fought so I could tell you to fuck off

~tzelshaddai Jan 16, 2013 Hobbyist Artist

I think when people deem something as "offensive" &/or racist if it's their culture that's being used as reference from someone outside they have the right to make the call if it offends them because that's their culture. Someone not from that culture may not understand why it would be offensive but in our day & age we've seen many media attacks on things that we normally wouldn't think were or are offensive to different ethnic groups but that ethnic group did find it offensive. I think what it boils down to is people feeling that someone else is "stealing" their culture & a part of them. Someone once wrote that "stereotyping is a way of stealing someone's identity." While stereotyping isn't part of the subject @ hand in the forum with most who find this offensive or not is not the point but rather the usage of something that is iconic & a heavy cultural symbol. Recently there was an uproar over a statue of a kneeling Hitler in front of a Jewish cemetery if I recall correctly (I may be wrong about if it was a cemetery). The artist had his reasons but intentions get lost in sensibilities & the still concious cultural pain of various peoples to whom the historical trauma is still fresh. They have the right to be offended, the right to feel pain, should they be denied if that's their culture? For us as individuals we all may have some understanding of an object of personal value from a deceased loved one & when someone who may not have been aware misplaced, misused, or treated it common maybe it rubbed us the wrong way despite their intention. That doesn't mean that some people don't take things over board because there's also room for growth, healing, & working through the lack of understanding on behalf of those who are ignorant not because they are trying to be but just because they don't know. For the most part these things may be painful maybe irritating but they allow room for dialogue between 2 parties to admit & acknowledge pain & be honest about it as well as for those who hadn't realized that offenses & wounds are still very much real. Perhaps we can all be or try to become a little more understanding to each other without feeling we have to tip toe around everyone but be gracious on both ends despite the feelings. A good day to everyone