Michelle Aranas has a problem with the very white teeth and very white eyes of various couples whose photos appear in the NYT's wedding section. In "an open letter to the New York Times Style Section Photo Retoucher, she writes, "I understand that the computer technology of the day allows you to work wonders...That said, I have to wonder why the couples in your photos look as if they've been eating powdered donuts while gazing into an atomic explosion." "We want to look at those who send in their information to your Style section and see where the bride's and groom's parents work or used to work," she adds. "Like everyone else who reads this section, we have no idea why we are reading it. We read it and wish we were hitting ourselves in the head with a mallet while doing so. There is no reason to read this section."
An open letter to the New York Times Style Section Photo Retoucher [McSweeneys]