A Post Magazine editor encouraged Mendelsohn to pursue the story after reviewing his photos of Ess. But the atmosphere apparently soured after Weymouth told Mendelsohn at a birthday brunch in her honor that this was not the sort of piece that she favored for the magazine. Weymouth has been telling editors that there have been too many stories similar to the one last November about a 13-year-old dwarf undergoing surgery to lengthen her legs.

[…]Brauchli said that after becoming executive editor last year, he consulted with Weymouth, Post business executives and readers on what they wanted in the magazine. Based on those conversations, he concluded there were too many overly long, overly narrow stories. He called the suggestion that he was trying to please advertisers “nonsense.”

via washingtonpost.com.

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  1. Although I have been photographing for several years, I have recently published a photography book called Desaturated Soul. It will be available within a month or two. The book consists mostly of black and white photographs taken during my travels to various countries around the world. I originally printed in the darkroom, but now complete all the photographs digitally. Ninety-six photographs, accompanied by descriptive prose, fill the volume published by Xlibris.


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