odd job

google news had a couple stories on west nile disease, and had this image attatched:


of all the jobs i've heard of, "mosquito bite stock photography model" might be among the worst. how much could this guy (gender assumption based on arm hair and skin texture) have cleared for this shoot? $500 plus usage? damn. and since i know a hand model, i know that there are very specific body part models in the photo world- there was likely an audition where the photographer, art director and higher-ups of the company that did the shoot looked at people's forarms, and said things like, "i don't know, it just doesn't feel right, you know?", and "i'm not sure this arm says "malaria", and "i have a picture in my head of the forearm we need, and i just haven't seen it yet".

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Gerry Bucci, Forearm Model for the FirstImpression stock photography services division of InSight Media Ltd., died today of yellow fever. He was 52.