On Mon, Jul 10, 2006 at 07:28:50AM +0200, Christian Perrier wrote:In order to balance this objectification, I'd suggest to simultaneously release a nice Debian male calendar.... Actually, such calendars with "ordinay" men (aka not models) became fairly common here (here==France and, I guess, now most parts of Europe).Actually, this idea has some merits. What about doing a Debconf calendar with geek men /and/ women just... well... all getting along.
I chime in with the photographer's point of view again: Group pictures are harder to get right. Even small groups. Photographing people "getting along" will typically end up in the snapshot genre; not the kind of slick imagery you would like to put in a calendar. I, for one, want to look good on any picture that is likely to get some real attention. The more visible I am, the more it matters. It is not just a matter of vanity. It would sadden me if I felt like a smudge on some organisation's public image. The authentic mixed-gender group photograph would be one of a large group of geeks with ONE female somewhere in the group. That would be honest. But the craft of photographic flattery is not about absolute honesty. What would we like to emphasise? Does it look good on a poster? If not, what else would we like to emphasise? Repeat. -- Herman Robak