As a photographer, there may come a time when you’re handed a request that may seem out of the ordinary. That may have been the case for one photographer who just managed to get all foreign weddings at a popular Greek wedding destination banned.
A photograph recently emerged of a couple at a famous chapel on the Greek island of Rhodes which portrayed the two performing a sex act – something that is certainly frowned upon by the church. While the sex act was merely a simulated one, the result of the image could possibly lead to hundreds of other couples having their wedding plans canceled.
"We are Greek and we cherish our traditions and the sanctity of our religious sites," community leader Giorgos Eleftheriou told The Times: "We cannot allow this disgusting behavior to prevail."
The couple portrayed in the photograph, who may now be facing legal repercussions, later expressed that they hadn’t intended for such a backlash, adding that they figured the simulated act would be good for a laugh.
The image may have been inspired by the work of a professional photographer who is responsible for a similar image that recently went viral. According to online sources, he says he’s already had three requests from couples asking to take a similar picture. While the photographer ultimately could have advised against the rather immature pose, there is a good chance that he’ll gain more attention for this one image than he’d have received otherwise.
What do you think? How would you feel as the person who took this picture, knowing your photograph could have ruined the wedding plans of many others? Is this all just tasteless tomfoolery, or a brilliant marketing plan?
EDIT: Weddings have not been banned on the entire island of Rhodes, but rather on the monastery property which the image was taken.
[via Unilad]
We can only hope!
Good time to remind ourselves the views expressed here when the Australian photographer and his happy to go naked model friend decided to do a sneaky photo shot in Egypt. If I remember correctly, at that time Islam as a religion was targeted. What goes around, comes around.
This photog is definitely getting a lot of free media attention. The only question is will it help or hurt his bussiness?
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A desperate bit of writing, considering the two images beg for serious comparison review of technique, including criticism of ostentatious signatures (sarcasm). I am however always put off by a bride dragging her gown in dirt, or grinding in grass stain. Where's the satin kneeling pillow? Maybe the stains serve as memories?
The line in the article stating that the church frowns upon sex acts is ridiculous. The church celebrates sex - just not a distasteful re-creation of it in a public place. Is there a little humor in this pic? I guess. But c’mon society.
If asked to take a photo such as this, I would decline.
For me theses photos have this typical stuffily - suburban humor which is unbearable. I'm really surprised that it is not from germany, would be typical. I really have no problem with nudity or sexuality but this is so brrr
And those websites who scandalize it now - as there are consequences for other photographers - are the ones who applauded and promoted those photographers who started this turning this bullshit into some kind of trend.
I've been asked in my younger days to shoot strange requests and for the most part they were done as long as:
1) they were not against the law
2) not degrading to any particular group
3) done in a private setting
As for doing something that could hurt the industry, totally against this, this act has consequences and they usually come back to haunt those that participated in it as they think it'll put them on the map... everyone's "15 minutes of fame".
When shooting nudes in Tuscany several years ago we were told we could use any building or objects in the village, just not the church, which I could respect the request as it was nice of the person in charge of the village to allow us to use the village in our shoot.
“At a famous chapel”??? I don’t see no chapel on the picture.
With such an attitude of a dick, you can go and fuck yourself.
No, YOU are.
The Greek Orthodox Church is not "The Church." That would be Catholicism. Minor point as clarification.
There's nothing sacred for them anymore. I feel bad for all couples who have wedding plans there in the near future. We were just there for my cousin's destination wedding, it was arranged by this global wedding marketplace IBride.com so we had time to do some sightseeing. Gorgeous place! Too bad this incident left such a bad impression on the locals.
People take shit way too seriously.
First of all, I applaud the couples who are going for these kind of photos. Wedding photography is full of overly saccharine clichés. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but it's nice to see some couples injecting a little bit of mischief and humor.
In any case, it was a harmless simulated gag; there's no reason anyone should be clutching their damn pearls over it. And I neither blame the couple nor the photographer for others no longer being able to use this location. Point your fingers at the decision-makers whose panties are in a bunch over nothing.
This would be a great album cover
It appears that this couple could have been inspired by a similar shot by a professional photographer which went viral. It is really sad that some photographers feel that their work is of such low quality the only way they can gain recognition is through their bad taste imagery. As for the couple in question it is difficult to imagine the type of people that would do something like this. Unfortunately they must be really sad and doubtless they won't care about the repercussions for other couples
That IS a good way if you want to attract masses of the average drama queen type girls. But if it's not your personality, you probably deserve better.
I find the opposite. Guys seem to be more attracted to the bitchy/drama girls than non-bitchy girls. They think it's "interesting". I think maybe because they like to feel like they've WON her over. It makes them feel like a man.
Or maybe their moms were just bitches.. I dunno.
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