STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS

really? i was under the impression that some curvy girls do really well in MR. sure not everybody likes curvier bodies, and nobody is under the impression that this is going to become a BBW site, but clearly the majority likes some of these curvy girls sets.

shot by staff who's on the front page usually several times a week, no less.

they're not huge. they're just curvy. most of that is just hip bones and boobs. my only point is there are two hopeful sets by girls that are only slightly larger than most, with sets doing well, and they still aren't bought. i only attempted to make said point because of the implication that curvier girls don't get bought because they aren't as popular.

Yea...NO.

Go look at sets in member review some time and sort them by most loved all time & most comments all time. 97% love 2200 comments not only not on the front page, but not even a Suicide Girl. There is one hopeful that is consistently on the front page of most loved all time and she is not an SG.

BUT, have the right photographer take you pics, and you can be on the front page with 95% love and barely 300 comments and an empty profile and no blogs.

Just because girls do well in MR doesn't automatically mean that staff will think they're right for the front page.

...isn't this getting off topic? This topic states STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS, not SETS THAT STAFF SHOULD BUY.

I had intended this thread to be ONLY about the photographers that people wanted back.... Since two photographers were reinstated due to member feedback, I was hoping that this would be a place that we could try and get some of our other favorite photographers back... and nothing else. I really wish people would stick to the topic and not-

I'd like to add my voice of support for Lorelei. Over the years she has become a virtual icon here, and perhaps SG's best ambassador. Her photography has helped to define the standard of quality we hope to see at SG, and she has offered a substantial contribution of photo work. And she has worked her butt off for the site, even traveling and living out of her van for months at a time, driving cross country to shoot sets for SG.

All that should count for something...

And Lorelei is a Suicide Girl... and around here, that should count for something too. I remember a time when being a Suicide Girl carried a certain prestige. Now it appears SGs have become merely a marketable, and it seems disposable resource.

After all her work and involvement with SG... to be forced to "fall from grace" with ludicrous insulting insinuations is unconscionable.

I find it more funny every day that SG prides itself on being unique and diverse and welcoming all types of beauty... Because that's now really the way it works anymore...

This is not the thread to air all your complaints about SG in. This thread is about STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS who were dropped from staff.

Could we please keep this on topic? Everyone else can feel free to start another thread to argue in about plus sized models or alternative beauty. It has nothing to do with the staff photographers who were shafted.

never mind, no point getting bitchy in a thread that's already close to being locked.

+1

I recently had the good fortune to work with Lorelei. She is completely professional, extremely sweet, and patient. Her work is beautiful and consistant.

I gladly sign my name to this petition

Neither of them were saying that. Pithy comments & inane emoticons don't really comprise much of a reply in, like, an adult conversation.
On topic:
As a member who often digs the photography & the visual concepts as much as the models, I really like Lorelei's and (particularly) Scott Smallin's aesthetics and, if it were my choice, I'd keep them for sure. But objectively, I can't really comprehend why Lorelei wouldn't be retained. She's had 15 sets on the front page in 2011. That fact speaks for itself. In my opinion, next to Alissa, her photography most completely embodies the Suicide Girls aesthetic. So I'd definitely support a hypothetical 'petition' to have her reinstated.

the photographers are what have really built this site, the work is beautiful and inspired!

just a heads up wondering, im new to the site and was wondering if anyone could link me to some UK staff photographers? im lost as to how to find them