Image by malecution.
You all know where I stand on Burning Man, the Protector Of Rich Hippies (among other things). I stand as far away as possible, and not downwind.
But even I’ll admit that photo is terrific.
I am a playa hater
Image by malecution.
Wish I had taken that .. great idea
~SNJ
This is an excellent response from a representative of Burning Man to the intellectual rights issues around photography at Burning Man.
http://blog.burningman.com/?p=4599
(As to Burning Man itself – as someone recently put so well: “Burning Man is not actually just about illicit or hedonistic activity. [ my note: though yum yum there is plenty there!] It’s really about community and personal expression, and through the tremendous personal investment and struggle that people go through to get to the desert, to survive there for a week, to create art there, and to be a member of the community, they learn a lot about themselves, and become better people.”) I’ve been 5 years in a row.
@jeff – Just low-end Canon SLR hardware, nothing that would be a tragedy if the desert swallowed it
@samiam and others baffled by the angle – she’s leaning forward a little bit, which is why her physiology looks abbreviated. The intent is to create something vaguely resembling the )'( symbol.
@violet – The organizers of the burn are not the first group of well-meaning people to adopt an unnecessarily aggressive intellectual property policy. The important question is if and how they will choose to exercise it. If they harass people displaying images (with the consent of their subjects) for completely non-commercial use on sites like Flickr, then righteous indignation and public pressure should be brought to bear on them. If however they use it only to squelch the non-consensual publication of sniper shots taken by roving professional photographers of the naive and naked, then I doubt anyone would feel they are betraying the community. There’s plenty of gray area in this neighborhood, but it would be self-defeating to clamp down on the “radical self-expression” that is a core value of the event. All that said, for the record I’d also hate to be on the wrong side of anyone’s interpretation of the DMCA…
*shrug* I don’t go to BM because I literally believe I’ll come home in a body bag, that the environment would kill me.
I am now worried that Burningmaninc will come after me for displaying or disseminating one of their snatches “in a manner” that BMO “doesn’t like”. I mean, clearly they own the pussy because she bought a ticket. and since –
“The BMO also limits your own rights to use your own photos and videos on any public websites, (1) obliging you to take down any photos to which BMO objects, for any reason; and (2) forbidding you from allowing anyone else to reuse your photos (i.e., no licensing your work no matter what is depicted, including Creative Commons licensing, and no option to donate your work to the public domain).
Moreover, the Burning Man Terms and Conditions also strip attendees of their trademark fair use rights. The ticket terms forbid any use of Burning Man trademarks on any website, which means that ticket-holders can’t label their photos “Burning Man 2009” or even use the words “Burning Man” on their Facebook walls or Twitter updates.”
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/08/snatching-rights-playa
– I’d hate to be on the wrong side of their interpretation of DMCA.
just sayin’.
Someone has stolen that woman’s vagina. Call the cops.
Probably my favorite picture. Ever. Where on earth did you find it?
~me
http://sites.google.com/site/pickmeupgirl/
I LOVE it! And I think it’s a most beautiful pussy, too
Samiam, you think what we’re seeing is a vagina? That’s not actually an accurate term for external genitalia, no matter how polite/clinical you mean to be.
Hi Violet,
I’m new to your blog and actually don’t know where you stand on BM – but would be interested to read… can you point me to a relevant post? TY! :)
this is the weirdest vagina i have ever seen, where are the lips??? or the hair??? WTF??!
that is kind of a strange looking vagina
FANTASTIC!!!!
That’s working the limits of wide angle depth of field. I wonder who made the glass, and what camera body was used.
LOL! I personally have had a ton of fun at BM in the past, despite the stink and the sweat and the hippieishness. Yes, this pic is awesome!! She should do a series of these, with landmarks in the background. I can see it now, cunt and Eiffel Tower, pussy and the Taj Mahal, Stonehenge, the Pyramids … So many options!
xo~Sadie
great pic, though I wouldve choosen a much fuller set of labia to highlight here, maybe even a bit of red pubes to evoke the image of “the Burn” in full effect…
That is a truly awesome shot!