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A few months ago I had some posters printed up of the first Dead Girl shot that I did. They are 24x36 inches and are commercially printed, not inkjet prints. A few peole have emailed me asking about where to buy them. They are available at The Fool's Mansion. You can also buy one from me directly here for $20:
here's the blurb i had up at the gallery show in october:
Today’s television schedule is crowded with crime dramas like Law and Order and CSI. Autopsies are regular fair several times a day on cable TV channels and new episodes are aired weekly. Crime dramas with forensic themes are among the most watched shows today. These show are the children and grandchildren of the early episodes of the David Lynch series “Twin Peaks”, part of ABC’s 1990 prime time lineup. It featured the dead and mostly naked body of the teenage homecoming queen Laura Palmer wrapped in plastic. During sweeps weeks today’s shows often feature plot lines about murdered call girls or models. The victims are often naked and covered just enough to make it past network censors. Murdered overweight, male accountants are never found naked.
In the course of my career I have seen quite a few real dead bodies. A body that has been sitting around outside for a few days does not look as good as the ones on CSI. I found the whole trend curious and I wondered about who the networks are trying to attract with naked, dead girls. Could there be millions of viewers in Middle America that are attracted to dead girls? I had to find out. Some of the most twisted people I know have the straightest outward appearance so I thought it might be possible. I had to figure out how to push this envelope.
In 2005 I began to shoot Dead Girls, a series of pinup model photos featuring sexy dead girls who had been raped and murdered, all staged for the photos of course. I thought that people would be outraged. There were not. People email me all the time telling me that they feel like its wrong, but the photos turn them on. Men and women alike. More girls have contacted me to model for this project than have called for anything else I have worked on. I think I have tapped into something but I don’t know what it is yet. I’ll let you know when I figure it out.....
“When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro” –HST
Anonymous
January 28 2008, 19:43:21 UTC 4 years ago
How can you live with yourself?
January 29 2008, 04:55:37 UTC 4 years ago
January 29 2008, 10:32:16 UTC 4 years ago
Anonymous
January 29 2008, 22:02:37 UTC 4 years ago
When you have a universe of beauty to choose from, and you focus on ugliness and death...really, Scott, what are you trying to achieve? Isn't it really all about creating notice for yourself in a competitive business?
Finally, the fact you think it's funny or cute that anybody could even have a problem with it, that this is even a kind of badge of honor...is pretty sad, and kind of weird. I used to think you were a good photog and had a nice sensibility, but now I see you're basically just another twisted pervert. :-(
January 29 2008, 22:27:41 UTC 4 years ago
ya, well, let me tell you......
well, at some level, me and all of my friends are perverts, twisted is sort of a relative thing. Some people think homosexuality is the most perverse thing ever. Other people i know think it is quite normal to really enjoy being gang banged. I know its sort of relativism, but i try to avoid judging consenting adults no matter what the behaviour they are engaging in. There are people that thing i am a twisted pervert for my most basic nude work.As i said in my statement, it suprised me that the mainstream media, in primetime cop shows, were using naked dead girls to attract viewers. My original intent was to horrify those people who were being coaxed by shooting actual pinups of dead girls. What i got was a very large percentage of normal people telling me they liked the images, and thought they were hot. I also got a huge influx of girls that wanted to be dead girls. i dont know why this is, but i want to find out so i'm shooting more of them.
i havent made a dime on it. and if i had to guess, i would say it has not done anything to get me more work. i dont show it to commercial clients, and i cant show it on my pay site becuase it violates the ccbill terms of service, so your argument that i'm cashing in on it is really kinda bullshit. and i'd probably take you more seriously if you'd grow a pair and let the readers know who you are. Whats the matter, you dont want people knowing that you ARENT a pervert?
Anonymous
January 29 2008, 23:52:49 UTC 4 years ago
Re: ya, well, let me tell you......
Well, okay, I appreciate you taking the time. I don't really care if you take me seriously or not, nor am I interested in decloaking just because you think I have no balls. You never know what freaks are going to take an interest when you come out against something they love. I don't need that negative attention.I just hope you're cool with the idea that young rapists and murderers are getting off on your fantasy wish fulfillment. Maybe it'll keep them from doing it. God help you if it doesn't! Sure, consenting adults and all that, but...enjoying erotica of girls who've been raped and murderered is a far cry from two dudes having sex. I can't imagine you really meant to draw a parallel between the two.
Also...your lack of moral stance is just a copout, so you might want to consider that as well. I mean, I AM a pervert...but one has to draw the line at snuff.