I am a photographer. I was an art director with the top shops in NYC for 15 years. Phillips photographs are amateurish, in my professional, opinion. There was absolutely NO Photoshop done, which, since these are digital, cry out for some retouching, color correction, unsharp masking. All the shots in the whole book are too dark by 35%.

I think he made me look lonely, pathetic, sad, ugly and weird. That sucks big time, because I am NONE of that.

Hey, what goes around comes around. I was furious when I saw he let his publicist put my pic on Page Six.

All he did was show up at people’s houses, make a big deal of using simple equipment, take bad shots, use our writing to piggyback his name. Nothing remotely creative about this guy. Nice guy, but he’s no artist. Why would he choose to show a gorgeous woman like me with such a nasty pic?

Once again, artsy-fartsy wannabes find the “kinkiest” subject and think they’re being interesting. NOT!

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
Sally Siegel

In all my phone sex years, I can count on both hands the number of women who have called to talk to men. Being an owner (since 1996), I can tell you, even if you try and target advertising toward that end, there is no business for it.

Women don’t have to pay for phone sex. That’s just a simple fact. If you have a woman call any 10 random men and start talking dirty, at least 7 or 8 will at least listen, if not get into it. If you have a man call any 10 random women and start talking dirty, he’ll get hung up on at least 9, if not 10 times.

Nice to see Mr. Toledano’s lighting is maturing. Congrats.

Phil’s book looks great. Looking forward to seeing.

This is one of his interviews, which I found a disturbing, yet humorous and ironic indictment on the effect of society upon an individual. I hope “kandi Hart” who was 24 when Ford filmed her now has her degree. His terrible photo and film technique was partly intentional:

http://revver.com/video/243268/kandi-hart-interview-april-19-2007/

I think, in this age of ‘no stone left unturned’ where even the most remote and inaccessible human experience is uncovered and turned into a feature in a monthly glossy, your ability to actually record the most elusive subject and do it well is invaluable to an editor.

In my world, where the majority of our subjects do what they do so they can stay away from people, the photographer’s ability to melt into his/her surroundings and make the subject feel comfortable is absolutely necessary to make a great image. Most titles in my category don’t do this kind of work because it’s so difficult and/or they just don’t understand its value. That fact alone makes your ability to do deliver this kind of image even more valuable.

As I write this, I’m just reminded of how many photographs that I see on the web that could be supplemented greatly by some kind of story line included. The story really helps; it gives much greater context. Obviously, this particular content is a tad more titillating, but when text and photos are combined well, like in this case, I could keep clicking for another hour. Strong project. (Uh, but there’s a typo in the word “masterb…”)