Easyjet apologises for photoshoot at Holocaust memorial

[ccharles000]

Easyjet has apologised after fashion photographs shot at the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin were published in its in-flight magazine.

In the pictures, models pose in designer clothes among the concrete blocks of the "Field of Stelae".

The budget airline says it was unaware of the images until they appeared in the magazine, which is published by a company called INK.

Easyjet said that it was now reviewing its relationship with the publisher.

The memorial commemorates the six million Jewish victims of the Nazi genocide.

In a statement, Easyjet said it "profusely apologises" to anyone who was offended by the "inappropriate" shoot and said it would withdraw this month's issue from all flights.

"Easyjet prides itself on bringing together a wide range of cultures and beliefs and is appalled by this insensitive and inconsiderate photoshoot," the Easyjet statement said.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8371208.stm

[OffWithTheirHeads]

1. Yep, it's always easier to ask forgivness than permission.

We were unaware!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Didn't know shit about what our PR firm was doing...as long as we were making big paychecks, why would we care?

[MrModerate]

2. To be fair, they're probably so ill-educated and intellectually lazy . . .

That they didn't recognise the site, or put two and two together to determine what the consequences might be. As for the photographer, he/she probably thought it would be "cool" and the notion of context trumping his/her design vision probably never occured to him/her.

Not saying this is true of all such art directors and photogs, but a lot of the ones I've worked with are absolutely clueless about the world outside "making pretty pictures."

[OffWithTheirHeads]

3. Yeah but how much "cluelessness" are we willing to putup with

in the name of art?

My tolerance is running thin.

[MrModerate]

4. It's not even art. And you don't have to put up with it.

It will take the participants quite a little while to live it down.