# Elijah Wood, the anti-photographer **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 18, 2005, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elijah-wood-the-anti-photographer/322250 "2005-09-18T20:13:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2005, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elijah-wood-the-anti-photographer/322250/1 "2005-09-18T20:13:00Z")
The “Life Magazine” insert in the paper the other day had a spread on celebrities who also like to take photos as a hobby. On the cover was Mr. Frodo, and some of his pics were inside. Ya know, serious glasses and a Hasselblad don’t a photographer make. Those were the lamest excuses I’ve seen. I believe that all actors should be required to sign a contract with the public that says they will self-immolate if they venture into any other field, whether it be politics, photography or wild game hunting. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2005, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elijah-wood-the-anti-photographer/322250/2 "2005-09-18T20:32:11Z")
That’s pretty harsh, even if the photos suck. Not everyone can be Ansel Adams. At least we aren’t forced to buy the things. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2005, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elijah-wood-the-anti-photographer/322250/3 "2005-09-19T01:35:13Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > That’s pretty harsh, even if the photos suck. Not everyone can be Ansel Adams. At least we aren’t forced to buy the things. Hell, he’s not even Gomez Adams. I don’t care if someone has a hobby, but this mag is pimping him out as some sort of artist with a camera, which he is clearly not. I like the kid as an actor and am a big fan of LOTR, but, you know, _dang_. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2005, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elijah-wood-the-anti-photographer/322250/4 "2005-09-19T02:48:45Z")
I betcha Gomez Addams was a good photographer. He seemed like the artsy type. ---
**Author:** ![Pashnish\_Ewing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8797f3/32.png) [@Pashnish\_Ewing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pashnish_Ewing)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2005, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elijah-wood-the-anti-photographer/322250/5 "2005-09-19T03:23:40Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > I betcha Gomez Addams was a good photographer. He seemed like the artsy type. Well, Gomez did have that certain _je ne sais quoi_. Oh my God, that’s FRENCH! ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2005, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elijah-wood-the-anti-photographer/322250/6 "2005-09-19T03:45:13Z")
No doubt that _ **Cecil** _ Adams is a photography God. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2005, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elijah-wood-the-anti-photographer/322250/7 "2005-09-19T12:54:45Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > On the cover was Mr. Frodo… You know, it annoys the hell outta me that people use the name of _one_ character he’s played as an derisive putdown. He’s a good actor and has other roles as well including good turns in _Sin City_ and _Eternal Sunshine …_. When I see someone dismiss a person the way you’ve done here, it makes me think someone might be a tad bit jealous. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2005, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elijah-wood-the-anti-photographer/322250/8 "2005-09-19T12:56:44Z")
> [@Homebrew](#): > > You know, it annoys the hell outta me that people use the name of _one_ character he’s played as an derisive putdown. He’s a good actor and has other roles as well including good turns in _Sin City_ and _Eternal Sunshine …_. When I see someone dismiss a person the way you’ve done here, it makes me think someone might be a tad bit jealous. What, and you’re NOT jealous of Elijah Wood? Bastard got to be Frodo! I’d cut my legs off at the kneecaps for the opportunity. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2005, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elijah-wood-the-anti-photographer/322250/9 "2005-09-19T12:56:59Z")
_::gollum_ My PRESS! SHOUSH! ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2005, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elijah-wood-the-anti-photographer/322250/10 "2005-09-19T14:08:36Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > _::gollum_ > > My PRESS! SHOUSH! Booo!!! ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2005, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elijah-wood-the-anti-photographer/322250/11 "2005-09-19T14:40:06Z")
> [@Left Hand of Dorkness](#): > > I’d cut my legs off at the kneecaps for the opportunity. You could still shoot them off and play Cotton Hill. ---
**Author:** ![thwartme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@thwartme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thwartme)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2005, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elijah-wood-the-anti-photographer/322250/12 "2005-09-19T16:21:42Z")
Possibly irrelevant tangent… Viggo Mortensen is apparantly a bit of a [photo-artist](http://specialrealms.com/VM/painting5.html) . There’s a [story](http://specialrealms.com/VM/interviewarchive64.html) (no. 06 part way down the page) about him going for a walk in the woods near one of the LOTR film sets and getting lost. By nightfall he was completely disoriented and had no light. Except… he had a camera, and took a bunch of photos just so the flash would illuminate his path, and he stumbled his way back to civilization. thwartme ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2005, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elijah-wood-the-anti-photographer/322250/13 "2005-09-19T16:26:12Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Hell, he’s not even Gomez Adams. No, but Wood does pal around with the [son of Gomez Addams](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000276/) ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2005, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elijah-wood-the-anti-photographer/322250/14 "2005-09-19T17:13:10Z")
Does anyone have a link to Wood’s pics? What was so bad about them? ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2005, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elijah-wood-the-anti-photographer/322250/15 "2005-09-19T17:45:27Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Ya know, serious glasses and a Hasselblad don’t a photographer make. Those were the lamest excuses I’ve seen. I believe that all actors should be required to sign a contract with the public that says they will self-immolate if they venture into any other field, whether it be politics, photography or wild game hunting. Because that would have saved the world the horror that was Ambassador Shirley Temple Black, right? ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2005, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elijah-wood-the-anti-photographer/322250/16 "2005-09-19T21:02:32Z")
> [@Homebrew](#): > > You know, it annoys the hell outta me that people use the name of _one_ character he’s played as an derisive putdown. He’s a good actor and has other roles as well including good turns in _Sin City_ and _Eternal Sunshine …_. When I see someone dismiss a person the way you’ve done here, it makes me think someone might be a tad bit jealous. Oh, cry us a river. Poor Elijah Wood. He’ll have to comfort himself with his gigantic piles of money. If someone doesn’t want to be known by a role, they shouldn’t get into acting. I doubt Mr. Wood is as bothered by a little pop culture reference as you seem to be.