Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Christian Siriano

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 5 May 2020 at 23:07:54 (UTC)

Reason: High quality portrait of highly notable fashion designer. Siriano was winner of Project Runway, and later a mentor on the show. He got a bunch of attention recently for using his various production resources to make masks during the pandemic. Image is the VI for Siriano on Commons. I know that contemporary portraits don't tend to do very well at FPC, but we'll see.
Articles in which this image appears: Christian Siriano, Project Runway (season 4), List of Project Runway contestants, List of LGBTQ people from New York City
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers
Creator: Rhododendrites

Support as nominator – — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 23:07, 25 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Boring publicity shot, distracting background. —David Eppstein (talk) 23:36, 25 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

If you think it's boring, fine, but it's not a publicity shot. I volunteered my weekend to attend a conference solely to get pictures for wikipedia/commons, and have no interest in promoting the subjects. — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 23:54, 25 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comment – Smiling man at podium holding microphone in what appears to have been a media event – yes, it is boring. – Sca (talk) 13:05, 26 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I withdraw my nomination Once again, I have no idea what people's standard is for contemporary portraits here. — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 04:49, 30 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Rhododendrites, the reason I didn't support is because of composition, my eyes weren't drawn to anything particular, or a focal place. It wasn't the EV or the technical aspects (both are good). He isn't making a connection with the camera (the viewer), and there isn't anything else in the composition so he is everything. That's just my personal opinion, composition is always a subjective thing. Bammesk (talk) 02:26, 2 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 07:06, 30 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]