Corporate graffiti-monger CBS Outdoor has refused to post billboards of Suzanne Opton’s portraits of Iraq war soldiers:

…out-of-context (neither in a museum setting or website) the images, as stand-alone highway or city billboards, appear to be deceased soldiers. The presentation in this manner could be perceived as being disrespectful to the men and women in our armed forces. Jodi Senese, Executive Vice President of Marketing, CBS Outdoor

Of course, they are anything but deceased and the project conveys nothing but deep concern and respect for the soldiers- all of whom willingly took part in Opton’s powerful photographic enterprise.

Here for NY Times coverage.

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