Revenge
©2004 Craig Ashby
Digital Photograph

Revenge is a glorious found piece. Another shot I loved so much I used it in this mix. It’s just that good.

Who hasn’t wanted to cover a Mercedes in blood colored paint? I know I certainly have had the thought. Am I alone in this thinking?

There is just something so precious about the Mercedes demographic. Entitled and affluent but at the same time petty and spoiled like a privileged teenager. Maybe these are just things I see in myself.

Historically they don’t have such a great lineage. Sharing a history with Hugo Boss and Volkswagen. Not a good look even in this era when most people have forgotten the original and extoll the virtues of copies. Another bad look.

But neither are the looks by many of the companies that existed under numerous American presidents. History has been kinder but only because we fiercely edit it to suit our agenda.

All it took was perhaps a lover scorned or a horrible employer to make this happen. I wonder what really happened every single time I see this picture. I wonder if it is as juicy as I imagine. Or maybe it was just a simple accident.