Why Even Take Photos Anymore?
Michael Jackson appears on the cover of December's Ebony Magazine in a celebration of 25 years of Thriller. Well, I doubt little kids have been thrilled for the last 25 years when he is around, but whatever. The point right now is that I have decided there should be no more photographs EXCEPT pap photographs. They are the only true photographs. For the rest of the cover shots and magazine spreads, the subject should just say exactly what they want to look like, what they want to be wearing, and at what age they should look like. This would save the subject of the "photo" from having to do more than send an e-mail. It will eliminate the job of most photographers so they can go back to Sears and JC Penney. It will eliminate the need for many editor positions. All you need is one guy, a computer and the coordinates. The only connection these two photos have to the real Michael Jackson is that I presume that at one point he may have seen them prior to publication and he probably owns a top hat. Well, I would think he does magic tricks with it to keep the kids distracted. One hand goes in the hat, and the other goes under the covers. Before you know it, the kid is 15 or 16 and doing his own kind of tricks.
