Who Is
FrozenRhino Photography?
FrozenRhino Photography is, simply put, Clint Weathers. Me. This is the umbrella for my plus-size photo project, on which I've been working for a couple of years. I'm here in Minneapolis, a guy in my early 40's and a nerd.
So What's With All The Photos of Fat Women?
D00d. Didn't you read the other page? It's not that big women (call them fat, plus-size, voluptuous, curvy, whatever keeps you off the Prozac) are inherently beautiful because they're big -- that would be fetishizing them. And really -- if you fetishize something, then you no longer admire, adore and love the woman herself but that which you have fetishized. Which is kinda creepy, isn't it? And beautiful big women (as opposed to that Madison Avenue moniker of "big beautiful women" which is pretty much only used by big women with very low self esteem) aren't beautiful despite their being big. They're beautiful and they're big. The two are not mutually exclusive.
How Are You Taking These Photos?
On film. Almost always on film. Why? Because digital is very -- shall we say, exact. Sterile. Boring. Film is organic (literally -- it's jello with some dye or salt in it smeared on plastic) and it has a feel to it that just can't be had no matter how much people try.
But really -- does the technical stuff matter? Nah. Noone gives a damn if Hemingway used a Coronet typewriter or a Pelikan fountain pen. And if he did, and you got one of them, you still wouldn't be Hemingway. If I use a Leica, I won't be Elliot Erwitt, if I use a Rolleiflex I won't be William Coupon and if I use an 8x10 view camera I won't be Alec Soth. I'm stuck being me. Me uses a Hasselblad a lot. But mostly because it's the closest camera to me most of the time.
Anything Else I Need To Know?
Yeah, a few things: Be good to people. Eat lots of vegetables. Don't be a douchebag when you're driving. There's a lot to be said for doing it oldschool, but embrace the technologies that enhance your life. Find someone you really love and let them know you really love them. Steely Dan is the greatest rock band ever. Drink more water. A good haircut is worth every penny you pay for it. There's a lot of women who work awful hard to look like Venus di Milo. And not nearly enough who love the fact that they look like Venus of Willendorf. Love who you are -- own it, but don't become a self-parody. Taking a nap with a baby sleeping on your chest is the greatest thing you can do with an afternoon. Pay it forward. Pay it back. Let your wife have all the pillows if she wants. But not all the time. Cause really -- it'll happen all the time.
FrozenRhino Photography is, simply put, Clint Weathers. Me. This is the umbrella for my plus-size photo project, on which I've been working for a couple of years. I'm here in Minneapolis, a guy in my early 40's and a nerd.
So What's With All The Photos of Fat Women?
D00d. Didn't you read the other page? It's not that big women (call them fat, plus-size, voluptuous, curvy, whatever keeps you off the Prozac) are inherently beautiful because they're big -- that would be fetishizing them. And really -- if you fetishize something, then you no longer admire, adore and love the woman herself but that which you have fetishized. Which is kinda creepy, isn't it? And beautiful big women (as opposed to that Madison Avenue moniker of "big beautiful women" which is pretty much only used by big women with very low self esteem) aren't beautiful despite their being big. They're beautiful and they're big. The two are not mutually exclusive.
How Are You Taking These Photos?
On film. Almost always on film. Why? Because digital is very -- shall we say, exact. Sterile. Boring. Film is organic (literally -- it's jello with some dye or salt in it smeared on plastic) and it has a feel to it that just can't be had no matter how much people try.
But really -- does the technical stuff matter? Nah. Noone gives a damn if Hemingway used a Coronet typewriter or a Pelikan fountain pen. And if he did, and you got one of them, you still wouldn't be Hemingway. If I use a Leica, I won't be Elliot Erwitt, if I use a Rolleiflex I won't be William Coupon and if I use an 8x10 view camera I won't be Alec Soth. I'm stuck being me. Me uses a Hasselblad a lot. But mostly because it's the closest camera to me most of the time.
Anything Else I Need To Know?
Yeah, a few things: Be good to people. Eat lots of vegetables. Don't be a douchebag when you're driving. There's a lot to be said for doing it oldschool, but embrace the technologies that enhance your life. Find someone you really love and let them know you really love them. Steely Dan is the greatest rock band ever. Drink more water. A good haircut is worth every penny you pay for it. There's a lot of women who work awful hard to look like Venus di Milo. And not nearly enough who love the fact that they look like Venus of Willendorf. Love who you are -- own it, but don't become a self-parody. Taking a nap with a baby sleeping on your chest is the greatest thing you can do with an afternoon. Pay it forward. Pay it back. Let your wife have all the pillows if she wants. But not all the time. Cause really -- it'll happen all the time.