A letter to The Stranger:
To the Editor,
I noticed that my blog, www.2pie.blogspot.org, appeared on your cover. I was excited to see the web address which I'm sure, until this week, has only been visited by my friends and family. Traffic to the blog has picked up significantly this week after the most recent photos of snow prints that my friends and I did in newly powder covered cars were posted. I sent an email to the highly regarded street art website www.woostercollective.com that also posted photos and a link. There is now a lively discussion on the comment board. A majority of the responses are very posotive and seem to have inspired people, others though think that the photos are too detailed to be real. Here are some of the more skeptical and hilarious comments:
"this is fake. I've lived in snow country all my life...and this is impossible to do! Snow angels yes...but a FACE!> No way!"
"there is no way this is real."
"Wow!I wish I knew how to use Photoshop too!"
"FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE!"
A couple have come to the conclusion that the prints were made by some sort of sub-human, and have warned others to beware,
"Don't feed the trolls. This is as fake as fake could be."
and my favorite,
"Y'all niggas be posting in a troll thread"
Being that your publication took interest enough to put the blog on your cover, I would like to assure you of a couple things.
1. The photos are in fact real. No photo shopping or alteration have been done, the prints were made by putting our faces in fresh powder and then I took pictures with a point and shoot camera.
2. I am not trying to become famous, I was just pleased with what happened and want to share.
3. I am not a troll.
Thank you for featuring my work.
Aly Lenon