@simon. Btw. Thank you for the compliment on the photos Even if you don't agree with my philosophy I appreciate your fervor in maintaining your definition of commoditization. I assume you probably have problems with art grants that are given in advance for art projects that go to the playa since tha...

@simon. I would be More than happy to have leve headed discourse about the line between an artist making a living and commoditization of BM. It's obviously a contenscious subject. However when you come out of the gate hurling personal insults like calling some one fat it makes it hard to take you se...

@simon your comments above simply warranted looking into who you were... these links are enough to laugh until next year...thanks for the comedy [LINKS REMOVED BY MODERATOR] and thanks for illustrating the fact that NOTHING YOU HAVE TO SAY NEEDS BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY.... glad to know you are of ZERO co...

@finnegan wow..you are as dumb as your friend... i was trying to be civil with you two...no obviously my gift is not the photo... i produced photo shoots on the playa for anyone who wanted to get a professionally lit portrait you moron! http://ruprechtstudios.photoshelter.com/gallery/Burning-Man-201...

@simon. At least you are self defined. "Trolling" redirects here. For other uses, see Troll (disambiguation). In Internet slang, a troll (/ˈtroʊl/, /ˈtrɒl/) is a person who sows discord on the Internet by starting arguments or upsetting people,[1] by posting inflammatory,[2] extraneous, or off-topic...

2. The model was a friend of mine whom i have a release for, and compensate her every time a photo is sold . So, like a commodity? Finnegan. I can appreciate all different points of view on this subject. And some people may never agree on the narrow or broad definitions of art. Every school of thou...

@simon. Actually this is peter Ruprecht writing. So I know first hand what happened. And the amount of profanity your last entry contained makes it painfully obvious that there is no further need to communicate with you. Even making statements as stupid name calling towards steve or others is insane...

@ SIMON OF THE PLAYA: I am not one to troll around on the internet writing unresearched nonsense, but every once in a long while when i find that little darling of a post, that one has ALL of the signs of "NO RESEARCH, total and complete ignorance, and just enough sprinklings of utter stupidity I am...