In an incident many artists, marketers, and consultants warned us about for months, a well-meaning photographer feels the consequences – and wrath – of solicitation without preparation.

Updated 7:23 AM PST, Mon May 28, 2018
Los Angeles boudoir photographer James S. Fancy woke up to an alarming email early Monday morning. It was from his sole email list subscriber, 37-year-old Gert Blumenschtol, a Berlin software engineer who received Fancy’s unsolicited email about his upcoming photography exhibition late Saturday afternoon.