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05 December 2013

From Professor to Fashion Model. I generally think it's disgusting when companies use an unrelated photo of a long-dead person to push their products, but the guy's son doesn't seem to really mind, and writes some great stuff about his literary parents.

post by: JanetLand at: 15:42 | 2 comments

I saw that a few weeks ago, maybe linked on aldaily? I thought it was really interesting. For some reason the advertising use of this photo seems very tasteful, appropriate, and respectful ... and I was just left thinking "how cool that the guy was caught in such a joyful picture and how nice for his family to have that photo to remember him by."

This seems like a counter example to the "all advertising is bad" school of thought. This seems silly and fun to me.

posted by jayder 05 December | 21:33

Thanks for this. It seems an antidote to the hideous holiday season.

posted by arse_hat 06 December | 00:53

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