Passion Portrait
Did they put this on their Christmas cards?
This photograph hangs on the side of Peets Coffee on Vine Street in Berkeley. Apparently it is suposed to entice passersby to enlist the photographer for some family portraits. I’m wondering who sees this oddly intimate image and is sold.
I detest this picture. Here are the problems I have with it:
1. The look on the mother’s face is oddly erotic. Maybe I’m reading too much into it, but I don’t see a mother’s love. I see a face that belongs on a check-out line romance novel.
2. The boy has to be at least 8 or 9 years old…and he’s naked. Fourth grade is a little too old for nudity in my professional opinion (as a mandated CPS reporter.)
3. Do I really need a third reason? I think numbers one and two were creepy enough.
