1.19.2008

Exhibit 6.11

Stock Photography Review

Let's look at some pieces that illustrate the ways in which stock photography grapples with accurately recreating human experience. In these first examples, the photo fails to accurately recreate the experience of the activity pictured leading to confusion, anger, and declined credit card offers.

Cooking


It's clear that this family of multi-ethnic aliens is unfamiliar with the fundamentals of human food consumption. Whatever unsuspecting family they are luring to the kitchen on their mothership will be too polite to say anything about the pepper and onion stew they are being served. Then it will be too late.

Talking


You should know that this is how advertisers think you talk on the phone. They think this because this is how they talk on the phone, constantly opened-mouth at the hilarity coming through the earpiece while they stand uncomfortably close to their colleagues in an urban setting. If ever saw people doing this on the street, I'd call the police.

Sexual Harassment


Not even close.

On the otherhand, stock photography is exceptionally valuable for its ability to capture human emotions despite its gross inaccuracy when capturing human actions.

Jealousy/Suspicion of Infidelity



Look at how well they captured that guy's look of desperation/lust while checking his email. He wants his wife to know, and she's through caring as long as she gets their hyper-modern steel table in the divorce.

Unrequited Love
Nailed it again. Dead on.

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