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She later said she wanted people to stop using the picture. https://finchcompany.com/projects/losing-lena-trailer/ https://finchcompany.com/projects/losing-lena

She later said she wanted people to stop using the picture. https://finchcompany.com/projects/losing-lena-trailer/ https://finchcompany.com/projects/losing-lena-trailer/ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/mar/31/tech-publisher-bans-playboy-centrefold-test-image-from-its-journals https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/mar/31/tech-publ... > Forsén herself has also suggested that the photo should be retired. In 2019, she said she was “really proud” of the picture and she re-created the shot for Wired magazine, which called her “the patron saint of JPEGs”. But later that year, the documentary Losing Lena spearheaded the latest effort to encourage computer science to move on. “I retired from modelling a long time ago,” Forsén said on its release. “It’s time I retired from tech, too. We can make a simple change today that creates a lasting change for tomorrow. Let’s commit to losing me.”

AlexandrB 2y ago
Doesn't it seem weird that she was proud of the picture when interviewed in a neutral context (Wired), but wanted it removed (not very strongly might I add) when interviewed by documentarians making a film with the express purpose of trying to get her picture removed? In the movie quote she even alludes to the title of the film: "Let's commit to losing me". It basically sounds like she gave them the soundbite they wanted.
- g15jv2dp 2y ago
  What's weird here? She can be proud about the picture and think it's a thing of the past that needs to stopped being used.
  - account42 2y ago
    Or you she might have been incentivized into expressing a different opinion (financially or otherwise).
    - g15jv2dp 2y ago
      Why? She cannot have thoughts or agency?
- cinntaile 2y ago
  Imo the reasonable thing to do would be to assign a higher credibility to her opinion in the Wired article higher than her opinion in the activist documentary.
  - chrisjj 2y ago
    More reasonable would be to consider how much each was paying her.

AlexandrB 2y ago

Doesn't it seem weird that she was proud of the picture when interviewed in a neutral context (Wired), but wanted it removed (not very strongly might I add) when interviewed by documentarians making a film with the express purpose of trying to get her picture removed? In the movie quote she even alludes to the title of the film: "Let's commit to losing me". It basically sounds like she gave them the soundbite they wanted.

g15jv2dp 2y ago
What's weird here? She can be proud about the picture and think it's a thing of the past that needs to stopped being used.
- account42 2y ago
  Or you she might have been incentivized into expressing a different opinion (financially or otherwise).
  - g15jv2dp 2y ago
    Why? She cannot have thoughts or agency?
cinntaile 2y ago
Imo the reasonable thing to do would be to assign a higher credibility to her opinion in the Wired article higher than her opinion in the activist documentary.
- chrisjj 2y ago
  More reasonable would be to consider how much each was paying her.