Modern Model May 2014 | Page 3

Modern Model Volume  Fourteen   April  2014   ON  THE  COVER:     Clinton   Township,   MI   M o d e l   E b o n i e   Standifer   blazes   new   trails   in   the   modeling   career   field.   Photo   by   D i n o   M a n g a n o / Mangano  Photography   Enjoy  Natalie’s  feature   arJcle,   and   please   visit   D i n o ’ s   o n l i n e   photography   webpage   at:   hap://www.manganophoto.com   PUBLISHER’S  NOTE    ADULT  CONTENT  INDEED!     In   this   issue,   as   a   first,   an   ar*s*c   nude   of   a   wonderful  writer  and  excep*onal  model  (Phoenix  Rain)   has  sparked  a  flurry  of  concern.  This  is  not  a  selfie,  or  a   wardrobe  malfunc*on  –  this  is  conceptual  piece  that  the   photographer   and   model   spent   considerable   *me   and   effort  building,  and  is  a  true  work  of  art.     I   must   either   blur   the   image   beyond   recogni*on;   place   childish   tape   ribbons   over   exposed   areas;  or  label  the  ENTIRE  magazine  as  an  adult-­‐themed   edi*on.   Given   these   op*ons,   I   am   flagging   this   edi*on   as   an   adult   edi*on,   because   this   does   not   take   away   from  the  beauty  of  the  original  image.    I  wonder,  however,  who’s  job  it  would  be  to  run   through   art   galleries   and   tape   over   or   blur   contemporary   nudes?   The   en*re   concept   of   “adult   content”  ignores  the  fact  that,  if  we  behaved  more  like   adults   and   stopped   trying   to   make   people   ashamed   of   their   bodies,   we   wou