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[theweaselking]

“Candice Knilans waits for her husband, Petty officer 3rd Class John Knilans, to disembark from the carrier Harry S. Truman… after the strike group’s seven month deployment ended."

By Rich-Joseph Facun

Comments

[rhiannonmai.livejournal.com]

Still got the price tag on those shoes.

[cbpotts.livejournal.com]

This is such an awesome photograph.

[speck.livejournal.com]

An otherwise great shot, blown completely by the price sticker on the bottom right sole.

[faolan-phe0nix.livejournal.com]

Agreed. However to get that pricetag off would be a very simple Photoshop, or even MS Paint modification.

[bambamkam.livejournal.com]

this was TOTALLY taken by a man.
the stickers are still on the bottom of those shoes!

"but mom! I don't know what i did wrong! the judges just didn't like the photo!"

[speck.livejournal.com]

Plus, the shoes would have been at least a hair worn, just subtly - she's never walked an inch in those shoes. Just out of the box even without the Payless sticker on there. The flash is still on the tips of her heels.

[speck.livejournal.com]

and put some wear on the shoes, and rub some of the flashing off ...

mmm livejournal.ru user

[speck.livejournal.com]

maybe not Payless brand.

Re: mmm livejournal.ru user

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

The photo is of an American waiting for her Navy husband to disembark.

They're probably Payless.

see, this is why context is everything

[speck.livejournal.com]

That makes both the total newness of the shoes and the Payless-recognizable sticker absolutely perfect, if not poignant.

Pictures may be worth a thousand words, but not the words you're thinking of if you're thinking "shore leave" instead of "martial homecoming"

Re: see, this is why context is everything

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

I've added a caption from one of the places I saw it.

Re: see, this is why context is everything

[speck.livejournal.com]

Sorry, meant as a comment in general, not criticism. But thanks!

[mhoye.livejournal.com]

No way. The price-tag-still-on totally makes that shot.

Re: mmm livejournal.ru user

[spartonian.livejournal.com]

I'm betting on Navy Exchange or Wal-Mart bought shoes.

[spartonian.livejournal.com]

this was TOTALLY taken by a man.

You've never been to Norfolk, VA, have you?

(consider yourself lucky...)

[torrain.livejournal.com]

I'd leave the sticker on, myself. It's adds a kind of sweet just-new-trying-hard poignancy to the shot, as opposed to just a pair of kinda vampy hot-pink heels.

(not a man)

Re: see, this is why context is everything

[affreca.livejournal.com]

Martial homecoming is exactly that. If he's a third class, this is probably their first deployment separation since they got married. She's been missing her husband for months, and wanted to look pretty for him. She probably hasn't worn high heels since he left, which is why she ran out to get some.

[anthophilous.livejournal.com]

Peeling off the sticker still leaves adhesive behind, and then you're going to pick up carpet fuzz, or human/pet hair, and that's kinda gross.

[glass-beddau.livejournal.com]

Rubbing alcohol and a cotton ball. *swears by it*

[anthophilous.livejournal.com]

hee! now I have an excuse to buy shoes, to see if it works for me :D

[bambamkam.livejournal.com]

now that i know the context thing, the stickers on her shoes, and the heart tattoo scream "I've missed you so much and want to be a vision of hot-ness for when you see me" instead of "photography school assignment" or "tila tequila plots her next attack on society"

[unknownpoltroon.livejournal.com]

Why is it blown? She just bought the shoes to meet her husband. I think it adds to it.

[sterlingspider.livejournal.com]

Disagreed.

I think it makes the shot for reasons already pretty well explained by everyone else who liked that aspect.

[hel]

Not if she put them on right before she got out of the car. I wouldn't try to drive in those, would you? I'd drive in sandals and put the heels on when I got there.

[mhoye.livejournal.com]

precisely.

[atlasimpure.livejournal.com]

/snicker

[pecunium.livejournal.com]

If this was a staged shot, not a piece of reportage, yes.

But the shoes were bought for the occaision.

It has a lot of "male gaze" aspects, but more of that is the male gaze the subject is trying to please, than it is the male gaze of the photographer.

TK

[bambamkam.livejournal.com]

please read our comments from after weaselking gave us context regarding the photo- we got that part.

[pecunium.livejournal.com]

I did, but after this was already said; Please read my comment in toto, and context.

Had I not mentioned aspects of the photo (relating to the effect male gaze has) I probably would have deleted it, but since it wasn't just a comment about the context, I didn't.

TK

[bambamkam.livejournal.com]

no worries.