With a quiet mind,
come into that empty house; your heart,
and feel the joy of the way
beyond the world

- The Dhammapada

Today I had the pleasure of photographing a very non-traditional model for a feature in The City Weekly's "Best of Utah" awards. Typical models are quite tall, skinny as toothpicks, and very young. She was none of these things, but she was great to work with. She had a terrific work ethic, great hair, smiles, and a sexy attitude. Wonderful!

Since the sexy controversy errupted on my blog, I've been thinking a lot about the disparity between what I think is sexy, and what gets put out there by the media (including myself, obviously) and held up as sexy. Today I had another chat with amy that I'm not going to post; but in it, Amy suggested that if there was more diversity in what media held up as beautiful, it would be easier for people to have a healthy self-image. My apologies to City Weekly and their model. I'm going to hold them up as examples of what I'd like to see more of.

The model (a city weekly employee) admited that she's not often picked for this type of job, and went on to point out that there are many pretty young ladies at CW who are usually chosen to go out on shoots. However, I was pleasantly surprised when I first saw her, and I thought she was a brilliant choice. I'm very happy that City Weekly is willing to print photos like this of women who are strong enough and beautiful enough to break the mold.

Thanks, City Weekly!

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