Monday, July 7, 2008

I am famous in France


A girl whom went i to college with was recently in Paris and she saw ads all over the metro with images of mine and Greg Lesar faces. She took a quick video but the name of the company is hard to read.
The pictures were taken by Bob Jones a photographer we both know from SCAD. Greg is a popular subject of Bobs , a year ago another scaddy spotted him in a billboard in Rome , for an ad using Bob stock photography.
Bob took my picture upon request of a friend whom wanted him to photograph us as superheros. i wasn't feeling confident enough to put on tights for a guy i didn't know at the time.
but i feel really cool about this strange happening. never thought i had a commercial enough look for any one to use in advertisements. in fact from the set he sent me from he shoot i thought my friend looked so much prettier and easier to photo graph then my awkward face.
My mom is shitting herself over it all. she is so supportive she would be just as happy if i found a dollar in the street. but bob is her new favorite person.
thing is for all his talent, Bob gets maybe $15 off a picture like that. Here he is , his work being used for this expensive campaign, and where his commission or credit for his work.
He wouldn't have even known his work was being used for anything like this if it had not been for this incredibly random connection to someone from our college.
I don't know what the ad is for. I am hoping it is something embarrassingly inappropriate....like herpes meds.

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