"We are not planning to shoot ugly people," the photographer refused to shoot female students

ByRafa from Brazil

America isPennsylvaniaA photographer living in Jennifer McKendrick said that he refused to shoot that "I'm not planning to shoot ugly people" about the requests from female students. It is a little shocking reason to refuse shooting because it is ugly, but it seems that McKendrick pointed out "ugly" was not just an appearance problem.

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According to McKendrick's shooting refusal process, McKendrick, who received a request from a female student for photography, adjusted the date of shooting and checked Facebook, it happened that the client He seems to have found a comment of an account with the same name as the students.

Surprisingly it threw cruel words against other teenage girls, and to that extraordinary nature, McKendrick saved its contents in a screenshot and a female student I emailed them and their parents that they wanted to cancel the shooting and said the reason.


McKendrick talks about this process entitled "I Will not Photograph Ugly People (I'm not planning to shoot ugly people)" on my personal blog. According to McKendrick, the comments of female students were beyond the level such as "clothes are dirty" or "buzzuke", and they ran into sexual topics.

McKendrick says, "I know that people can do such ugly things, but I can not do my best to shoot their people beautifully."

The photo below is a photographer McKendrick. herFacebook pageI received comments on support from people who agree with her actions.


According to McKendrick, parents of female students who had been bullying received words of apology and they seemed to be surprised at their daughter's behavior.