Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Alek Wek.jpg

Alek Wek

Original - Alek Wek receiving make-up, in work for Stila [1] at a fashion show [2] on March 14th, 2005. Alek Wek is a Sudanese catwalk model currently living in the United States, having fled from civil war in Sudan via Britain. Discovered by Models 1, she appeared in the music videos for "GoldenEye" by Tina Turner in 1995 and "Got 'Til It's Gone" by Janet Jackson in 1996. Signed to Ford Models in 1996, she was named "Model of the Year" in 1997 by MTV. She released an autobiography in 2007 and continues to work as a model.

Reason

A major catwalk model in her work environment.

Articles in which this image appears

Alek Wek, Cosmetics

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Others

Creator

Eduardo Sciammarella

• Support as nominator --Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 10:54, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
• Oppose. Low contrast, minimum resolution, and I don't see anything particularly striking about this image. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 23:19, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
  • Low contrast? I can't imagine what you could possibly mean, in relation to the nominated photograph. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 00:21, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
    • Can't speak for King of Hearts but possibly he means there is not enough separation ("contrast") between the subject and background... which I would call a composition/depth of field issue. Certainly the camera seems to have recorded adequate contrast. Fletcher (talk) 03:02, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
      • What I meant was that the lighting was poor. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 04:58, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
• Oppose. This picture is not "among Wikipedia's best work". It does not "illustrate the subject in a compelling way, making the viewer want to know more". It's neither "aesthetically pleasing", "impressive" or "highly informative". If we decide to illustrate the subject Alek Wek or maybe Model I'm sure we can find a better picture.--Desiderius82 (talk) 07:57, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
• Oppose The disembodied hand and crowd of people in the background make for a cluttered, awkward composition. Fletcher (talk) 03:02, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
• Oppose; not loving the crowded background, and, for me, the hand stands out more than the subject... J Milburn (talk) 12:46, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
  • Want to bet PLW adds the image to hand?  ;-) Fletcher (talk) 12:53, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
    • I'll take that bet, but I'll also offer you odds on crowd if ur willing?! Gazhiley (talk) 08:07, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 19:14, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

• Per WP:SNOW. Makeemlighter (talk) 19:14, 16 May 2010 (UTC)