My name is Lindsay Campbell. I am a photographer based out of Ontario, Canada. I’m writing you to let you know that a girl on your friendslist (plainjane11) who you thought you knew, has actually been posing as me. I’m not sure if she has been posting photographs in her Livejournal, because it is Friends Only, but according to a friend of hers who she has known online for almost three years, and who just recently found out through a mutual friend of our own, she has been using photographs of me and saying they are photographs of her. I don’t know how you feel about theft like this, but in my world, especially as a photographer, I find it completely unacceptable. This has happened to me on numerous occasions now, however, this is the most extreme case. The guy who told me about this had known “plainjane11/Cortney” online for a few years, and recently found out that it was me he was looking at, not “Cortney”. This woman is a fraud, a fake, and what she has done, even though you may not realize it, is very serious. I don’t understand what compels people to pull stunts like this, but needless to say, I will be taking all actions that I can to rectify this situation. I am informing all of her livejournal friends about this situation, including you. I request that you delete this girl from your friendslist if she has indeed been posing as me on her livejournal as well. Even if she isn’t posting these photographs on her Livejournal, would you really want to be friends with a spineless moron who hides her low self-esteem behind the face of someone she doesn’t even know? I have absolutely no tolerance for low lifes like this, and neither should you.
1. Livejournal spam is NOT COOL. Spamming Cortney's friends' Livejournals is not only rude, but really obnoxious. Take your smear campaign elsewhere.
2. I think I know the guy who said that (i think he went by traylunch way back when), and I'd like you to know, he's told me the same thing. Cortney is NOT posing as you. You two do look alike, but there are very blatant differences in facial structure, and the way you carry yourselves in your photos. If you aren't sure that she's been posting pictures, where do you get off saying she's been posing as you? Have you seen anything that could indicate so? Do you have any solid proof, that the girl in your photos, and the girl in Cortney's photographs (which you admitted may not exist), are one and the same? You certainly do not look it.
I have not seen any deception in the year + I've known Cortney. While she may be flamboyant and a bit out there, she is definitely not the kind of person to assume another's identity.
While you may feel your anger is justified, it is not. You have absolutely no right to come onto my (or other people's) livejournals and speak about their friends in this manner.
To say things at your apparent level of communication:
1. I am sorry, I do realize now that I acted in the heat of my being angry about the whole situation.
2. Yes, in fact, she IS posing as me over msn. He sent me the photos she sent to him, as did two other people, and they are MY photos of ME. Not her. I don't care if she "looks like me", she blatantly took my photographs and was passing them off as herself. I'm sure she doesn't look like my identical twin and took the EXACT same photographs of herself in the EXACT same locations that I took mine.
I'm not sure why you're saying that my level of communication is "suck my fat black cock you piece of shit idiot" because nowhere did I speak like this. So please refrain from these accusations.
My anger IS justified, don't tell me that it's not. Thank you.
2. my apologies for reacting with anger. I'm very protective of my friends. The pictures I've seen of cortney look very different than yours. While she does have your same haircut and makeup and skintone, there are fundamental differences in your body shapes and facial structure.
I've heard this crap so many times, that I really have no patience for it. While I believe your anger may have been justified, there were considerably better ways of approaching it. I'm guilty of attacking people in a similar way, and I still think that your choice of words was unjustifiable.
I understand, you already said she "looks" like me. Can I ask you a question? Do you know her in real life? It doesn't matter if she looks like me or not, the point is that she was using MY photos of ME. Know what I'm saying? I have proof, and that's all that matters.
I'm sorry that you have heard all this "crap" before, but to me, this isn't crap. I feel violated by this, as corny as that may sound. There are people saying that I should feel "flattered" but I personally think that is bullshit.
That's fine that you reacted with anger. Who knows, I may have done the same thing. Although I doubt it. But then again, being a photographer, I have to deal with seeing this kind of stuff all of the time and when it happens to other people, I sympathize with them because this has happened to me a few times before as well. I just get fed up, you know? I don't get the mentality of people who steal others' photographs and pass them off as themselves. Again, I do apologize for dragging you into this. Like I said, I was reacting very emotionally to the whole, stupid thing, and was just looking for a way to vent my frustrations before I could collect myself to write this girl an email.
I'm sorry if I bothered you. But please do not attack my art and call it "unoriginal" just to try and attack me. You may not get what I am doing, but that's no reason for you to insult it.
I'm really an elitist snob about photography and literature. It's one of my worse qualities. I think you definitely could make a good photographer, if you picked better subjects, and worked on your lighting. I can sort of see the effect you went for, but it just doesn't work *quite* right. May look different on paper, who knows.
I have not met her in real life, no, but I do believe my best friend may have. I'm waiting until he wakes up to ask him personally what he thinks of this.
Also, she was invited to my birthday party, and had it not been cancelled, I'm sure she would have shown up.
Haha. Well, thank you for your opinion, but the people who I know who have degrees in art and who are recognized in the art world seem to think quite differently. Thanks though.
I love when people try and get little digs in like this, thinking they're hurting peoples feelings. It's really cute. :)
My name is Lindsay Campbell. I am a photographer based out of Ontario, Canada. I’m writing you to let you know that a girl on your friendslist (plainjane11) who you thought you knew, has actually been posing as me. I’m not sure if she has been posting photographs in her Livejournal, because it is Friends Only, but according to a friend of hers who she has known online for almost three years, and who just recently found out through a mutual friend of our own, she has been using photographs of me and saying they are photographs of her.
I don’t know how you feel about theft like this, but in my world, especially as a photographer, I find it completely unacceptable. This has happened to me on numerous occasions now, however, this is the most extreme case. The guy who told me about this had known “plainjane11/Cortney” online for a few years, and recently found out that it was me he was looking at, not “Cortney”.
This woman is a fraud, a fake, and what she has done, even though you may not realize it, is very serious. I don’t understand what compels people to pull stunts like this, but needless to say, I will be taking all actions that I can to rectify this situation.
I am informing all of her livejournal friends about this situation, including you.
I request that you delete this girl from your friendslist if she has indeed been posing as me on her livejournal as well. Even if she isn’t posting these photographs on her Livejournal, would you really want to be friends with a spineless moron who hides her low self-esteem behind the face of someone she doesn’t even know? I have absolutely no tolerance for low lifes like this, and neither should you.
Thank you for you time
Lindsay Campbell
Badluckcity Photography
www.myspace.com/rocknrollnurse
http://badluckcity.myphotoalbum.com
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I have two points I'd like to make.
1. Livejournal spam is NOT COOL. Spamming Cortney's friends' Livejournals is not only rude, but really obnoxious. Take your smear campaign elsewhere.
2. I think I know the guy who said that (i think he went by traylunch way back when), and I'd like you to know, he's told me the same thing. Cortney is NOT posing as you. You two do look alike, but there are very blatant differences in facial structure, and the way you carry yourselves in your photos. If you aren't sure that she's been posting pictures, where do you get off saying she's been posing as you? Have you seen anything that could indicate so? Do you have any solid proof, that the girl in your photos, and the girl in Cortney's photographs (which you admitted may not exist), are one and the same? You certainly do not look it.
I have not seen any deception in the year + I've known Cortney. While she may be flamboyant and a bit out there, she is definitely not the kind of person to assume another's identity.
While you may feel your anger is justified, it is not. You have absolutely no right to come onto my (or other people's) livejournals and speak about their friends in this manner.
To say things at your apparent level of communication:
'suck my fat black cock you piece of shit idiot'
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2. Yes, in fact, she IS posing as me over msn. He sent me the photos she sent to him, as did two other people, and they are MY photos of ME. Not her. I don't care if she "looks like me", she blatantly took my photographs and was passing them off as herself. I'm sure she doesn't look like my identical twin and took the EXACT same photographs of herself in the EXACT same locations that I took mine.
I'm not sure why you're saying that my level of communication is "suck my fat black cock you piece of shit idiot" because nowhere did I speak like this. So please refrain from these accusations.
My anger IS justified, don't tell me that it's not. Thank you.
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2. my apologies for reacting with anger. I'm very protective of my friends. The pictures I've seen of cortney look very different than yours. While she does have your same haircut and makeup and skintone, there are fundamental differences in your body shapes and facial structure.
I've heard this crap so many times, that I really have no patience for it. While I believe your anger may have been justified, there were considerably better ways of approaching it. I'm guilty of attacking people in a similar way, and I still think that your choice of words was unjustifiable.
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It doesn't matter if she looks like me or not, the point is that she was using MY photos of ME. Know what I'm saying? I have proof, and that's all that matters.
I'm sorry that you have heard all this "crap" before, but to me, this isn't crap. I feel violated by this, as corny as that may sound. There are people saying that I should feel "flattered" but I personally think that is bullshit.
That's fine that you reacted with anger. Who knows, I may have done the same thing. Although I doubt it. But then again, being a photographer, I have to deal with seeing this kind of stuff all of the time and when it happens to other people, I sympathize with them because this has happened to me a few times before as well. I just get fed up, you know? I don't get the mentality of people who steal others' photographs and pass them off as themselves.
Again, I do apologize for dragging you into this. Like I said, I was reacting very emotionally to the whole, stupid thing, and was just looking for a way to vent my frustrations before I could collect myself to write this girl an email.
I'm sorry if I bothered you. But please do not attack my art and call it "unoriginal" just to try and attack me. You may not get what I am doing, but that's no reason for you to insult it.
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I'm really an elitist snob about photography and literature. It's one of my worse qualities. I think you definitely could make a good photographer, if you picked better subjects, and worked on your lighting. I can sort of see the effect you went for, but it just doesn't work *quite* right. May look different on paper, who knows.
I have not met her in real life, no, but I do believe my best friend may have. I'm waiting until he wakes up to ask him personally what he thinks of this.
Also, she was invited to my birthday party, and had it not been cancelled, I'm sure she would have shown up.
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I recently went through a HUGE move, and lost everything I hadn't emailed to myself.
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Very unoriginal.
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Thanks though.
I love when people try and get little digs in like this, thinking they're hurting peoples feelings. It's really cute. :)
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but hey,I'm simply an elitist snob.
Frankly you're one to speak about 'little digs'
reply to the real comment plzkthxbye (or other random internet garbage).
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