The Story Behind The Vail Chairlift Photo
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snowboarding.transworld.net — It’s the pic with endless punchlines, but really WTF? We went to the trouble of checking our inbox and here’s what the photographer Marty Odom had to say: “Hello, my name is Marty Odom and I live in Vail, Colorado. I am/was a photographer on the mountain for ...
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So the naked skier sued the photographer.
Pierre Wikberg Blog — Wow. This photo just won´t die. I read this on www.twsnow.com “Hello, my name is Marty Odom and I live in Vail, Colorado. I am/was a photographer on the mountain for Sharpshooter imaging. On my day off I pulled up to the lift line to see a naked man hanging from the chair lift. I happen to have my own camera with me and I shot a few pics. It was Jan. 1st and I shot the best photo that I’m going to shoot all year. I then sent it in to the Vail Daily, where it got printed the next day. Today I go into work to find out that I’m “suspended until further notice”, ...

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