Came across something funny...

From Dogging.

From The Park.

While browsing blogs the other day I came across a post about Steven Meisel's Dogging photo shoot he did originally for Vogue Italia's January 09 issue, but was rejected because it was too much (which is saying something since Meisel has been shooting every cover for the magazine since 1988, and still is shooting as his newest published book "Steven Meisel's '317 & Counting" suggests). The same shoot ended up in the hands of V magazine's Winter 2008 Issue.

But as I came across them I remembered Kohei Yoshiyuki's The Park which Stefan showed us in class while learning flash photography. Meisel's photographs are obviously a reference to Yoshiyuki's work. The soft light in the photographs the crowded frames, the odd sense of voyeurism. Call me crazy if you don't think so.

I thought it was excellent. And also, who knew how long V magazine has been available online...and why didn't you tell me?!

-Sam