Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Nataliya Gotsiy

 
Original - Nataliya Gotsiy modeling for Cynthia Rowley, Spring 2007 New York Fashion Week
Reason
And now for something completely different..... This image is really an amazing example of the little fashion photography we have on Wikipedia. It is very hard to get good fashion photography here, because most people can't go to major fashion shows, and even if they could they would rarely get to take photos from the locations at which you could get a decent angle to capture the entire model's body head-on (which I imagine are basically entirely reserved for professional photographers). This is a decently important runway model (she does about thirty-five shows a season) modeling for a major US designer at New York Fashion Week (one of the four major fashion weeks). The "original" nominated has already been edited by Mikaul; the true original is at Image:Gotsiy3.jpg if anyone is interested.
Articles this image appears in
Model (person), Fashion show, New York Fashion Week, Nataliya Gotsiy
Creator
Peter Duhon
 
Ahh! My contacts!
  • Oppose I hate to bust up the party. As fashion photography this is decidedly suboptimal because nearly the entire black dress is minimally contrasted against a dark background. Her face looks like an eyelash got caught behind a contact lens and she can't wait to make a beeline for the ladies' room. I realize freely licensed material is difficult to come by in this field. Yet the actual commercial life of this type of image is extremely short-lived, and our interents are photographic quality and encyclopedic value. Since this is a competitive field, there are likely to be professionals who would be willing to relicense portfolio shots if they understood the mutual benefits. That would be better than reserving space on the main page of Wikipedia for a shot that would be unlikely to earn space at a minor pictorial of an mediocre fashion magazine. DurovaCharge! 09:46, 26 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Gotsiy3edit2.jpg MER-C 04:32, 31 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]