Flock of furries in photo book – News of the week (8-21-14)
by Patch O'Furr
In this week’s news and links:
Anthrocon in photo book. Fursuiters in show for Gay Life TV, and French movie “Babysitting”. New con announcements.
And more… Tips welcome- I’d love to post yours!
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Courtesy Arthur Drooker / Coolhunting.com
– Photography: “Conventional Wisdom” at Anthrocon
Flocks, pods of whales, conventions of humans… Arthur Drooker seeks unusual human behavior for his photo book. Design and documentary publisher, Coolhunting, posted his report from Anthrocon in July. Here’s the kind of conventions he’s covered, linked on his website : Furries, Santas, Clowns, Reenactors, Bronies, Ventriloquists, Taxidermists, and Lincolns. At a talk in May (at 1:38:00) Drooker described sensitivity of the Clown community to their images in pop culture (like in slasher movies.) Sound familiar?
– Meet the Furries of Rocky Mountain FurCon 2014
The Denver Westword was “the first magazine or newspaper worldwide to employ a medical marijuana critic.” Their staff emerged from the haze to get a slideshow of this con’s fursuiters.
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– French movie: “Babysitting” puts fursuiters on big screens
Commenting on my article about furries gaining respect in movies, Vector tells us: Fursuiters are in party scenes of the movie “Babysitting”, a comedy that was popular in France, with good reviews and prizes. It’s released on DVD this week in France. Here’s fursuiter photos from the movie premiere.