A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words...

Hearing and seeing the lecture about the Cinco de Mayo photos got me to thinking...

So my Republic editor and I delved into the nightlife/club scene photo albums at azcentral.com.

Specifically in the nightlife section of the photos, it is difficult to find a representation of the entire community in the clubs of Phoenix Metro Valley. The majority of the pictures are of scantily clad women. That was not the part that bothered me. I was interested when I noticed that the main majority of the women are white. For example, see this picture from the Costumes at Jackrabbit Lounge album.

Also in the same album was this picture, which shows a 3 to 1 ratio of women to men. The general audience may get the perception that the club scene or any nightlife event is overrun with females, which is not generally the case.

The rest of the pictures are mainly of blondes with alcoholic beverages, like this one and this one.

I understand that photographs of woman who are attractive and carry a beer tend to draw in a lot of page views for a site like azcentral.com. This is probably why they handle those events the way they do. My only concern is that there should be a wider attempt to photograph everyone at parties, clubs or anywhere.