As you can see, Goldmund doesn’t only teach you how to approach unknown girls and try to get them to bed. There are even the “Gear” and “The Technical Aspects” chapters, which I suppose teach you the most basics things about photography. I particularly like the “Success Stories” part. I wonder if Terry Richardson had some stories to share. Now we get to the book description, and it gets more serious: So basically, the book teaches you that photography is nothing but a tool to get to know hot girls and seduce them. Really classy. Speaking of class, let’s jump to the book cover. It features naked female legs, lingerie, a camera, and a note that reads “I want to f*ck you.” Yup, the cover photo of the article is the actual book cover. All that’s missing is a bottle of chloroform.
But wait, it gets worse. There’s also a book preview available, and you can read the introduction. Here, Goldmund promises to share with you a “detailed script that you can follow,” which “has gotten [him] laid many times over.” The part I quoted in the first paragraph also comes from the introduction, and the author promises to help you meet women in the street and get them into bed thanks to photography.
I think a book like this is wrong on so many levels. First of all, it really looks like “rape 101” and it’s disturbing. Being a creep with a camera and approaching women in the street is definitely not the way to go. Trying to get them into bed under an excuse of “photo shoot” is sexual harassment. Secondly, as a photographer, I also hate the fact that this book presents photography as a mere tool to help you get laid. It’s completely undermining photography as a form of art. And lastly, as one of the users wrote, this harms professional photographers. People who use photography as an excuse to get women into bed give real photographers a bad name. So please, don’t use photography as an excuse to get women to bed. Don’t buy this book. And don’t ever be “that guy.” [via PetaPixel]
