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Jeff Werner

I'm a designer in Vancouver, Canada. I work at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum, am a director of the 221A Artist Run Centre, and a member of Fieldwork design collective. I'm an Emily Carr and University of Victoria graduate and have worked in the Philippines, Indonesia and the Netherlands. I'm a cycling advocate and race on the Garneau Evolution team.

squash Sports, February 23, 2004 12:35 PM 6 comments

Squash BC photo

Not to be an aesthetic tyrant all the time, but the header image of a squash player on the Squash BC web site bothers me. First impression is that of a disability squash association, and the person pictured is a disabled athlete. Which makes a critique of the image seem more insensitive. But the awkward straining of the arms, the whale-and-dolphin t-shirt, the open mouth…doesn't really compel me to the sport or even continue reading the web site. The convention of showing an athlete in action isn't used effectively. Cliché as it may be, I'd rather see a squash player darting sideways to reach a ball, one foot in the air, racquet wound back, free arm parallel with the legs, calves defined, biceps pumped.

6 comments on Squash BC photo

1. Lisa | February 24, 2004 4:01 PM

I don't think that that kid is disabled. You are also insensitive. :)

2. Jeff Werner | February 24, 2004 10:20 PM

Ya, we'd probably all look disabled if we paused ourselves in mid-sport. The Squash BC image just naws at me. How do I tactifully ask them to change it?

3. SHawn | February 26, 2004 11:49 PM

He is a special boy.

4. Matthew | May 9, 2004 12:31 PM

Are you crazy? That photo is one of the local juniors squash players who is NOT handicapped in the least. He is learning how to play in this photo and happens be showing great promise as an athlete. Didn't your mother teach you to never make assumptions...?

5. Jenn | December 1, 2004 9:18 PM

Ha ha, that is funny! The more I look at him the harder I giggle!

PS nice new format Jeffy!

6. Victoria Daryl | August 16, 2007 7:40 AM

That photo would have looked a lot better if it didn't have the lines through it, and if the font was a little bit more contrasting in colour.

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