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Fetish photos shot at local veteran cemetery

September 11, 2012 @ 3:47 am (Updated: 9:16 am - 9/11/12 )

Seattle police are looking into a series of photos on a fetish website that appear to be taken at Evergreen Washelli Cemetery at night, without permission.

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Screen grab of an image posted on a fetish website that depicts a nude woman hanging from a cannon at Evergreen Washelli Cemetery.

The photos are credited to Seattle-based photographer Patrick Andraste, who describes himself as a "sometimes photographer of pretty shiny things." He has a disclaimer on his website that it's "most likely Not Safe for Work." True.

Cemetery management was tipped off to the photos by veterans and users of some of the sites where the photos turned up. KING 5 has more photos.

Evergreen Washelli Cemetery originated in 1885. It's located on both sides of Aurora Avenue, and occupies roughly 144 acres making it the largest cemetery in Seattle.

The Veterans Memorial Cemetery was started in 1927, and contains over 5,000 white marble headstones. It also hosts two corianders from the frigate USS Constitution, known as "Old Ironsides."

Andraste has not responded to my request for an interview.

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  • hpygolkyone wrote...
    Yer Kiddin Me, Right?!?!...........
    September 11, 2012 5:42 am
    People get their jollies from this kind of garbage?

    I think I'm going to vomit.....oh wait, there's probably a boatload of people that get off on that too!

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  • sportsguru wrote...
    hpygolkyone
    September 11, 2012 6:26 am
    You see they have there own website, probably got millions of hits. I don't even get what's so sexual about it besides the fact that they are naked? We got some sick folks in this world.
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  • Habakkuk 1:9 wrote...
    Not knowing how to blush
    September 11, 2012 6:58 am
    Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No! They were not at all ashamed; Nor did they know how to blush. -- Jeremiah 6:15, also 8:12
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  • O-town listener wrote...
    Anyone struck by the humor..?
    September 11, 2012 8:22 am
    Of someone enjoying similar photos, yet somehow being offended by the fact that some were shot at a local cemetary?
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  • mnpat wrote...
    Looks like tresspassing to me......
    September 11, 2012 8:40 am
    Regardless of who or what
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  • Alex Mason wrote...
    News "Chick" getting closer to that coveted journalism award.
    September 11, 2012 9:20 am
    I don't know why I keep clicking on her links. The only reason I come here is to see what Dori's right about. Why does this nonsense even get a page on the site? Another slow news day.
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  • TheNewsChick wrote...
    Alex
    September 11, 2012 3:26 pm
    I don't know why you keep clicking either, but thanks for reading.
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  • roomtemp wrote...
    @TheNewsChick...
    September 11, 2012 4:29 pm
    lol!

    You are a class act. Even when your blog posters aren't. (I'm not excluding myself either.) That's why I keep clicking.

    You also happen to have the best female radio voice I've ever heard. (Thought you should know that.)

    Keep the faith...

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  • TheNewsChick wrote...
    Roomtemp
    September 11, 2012 5:32 pm
    Thank you :)
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  • Dizzle wrote...
    High art...apparently.
    September 11, 2012 9:50 am
    It is stunning how fragile Americans have become. All those dead soldiers -- rows and rows and rows and rows of them -- and what are we offended by?

    60,000+ Americans dead for nothing in Vietnam. Iraq -- thousands dead. For what? To hand that country over to a bunch of religious psychos aligned with their Shiite brethren in Iran. Afghanistan? Still dying, still fighting; we're fighting to try to bring the Taliban to the negotiating table, because we know there is no way to win. Meanwhile, big coincidence, hundreds of billions are being made on these nonsense wars and "rebuilding."

    And so-called 'Patriots' get their panties in a bunch over some weirdo nudity?! Has America really become that weak? Where is the outrage over all the pointlessly killed soldiers that have been filling cemeteries like this for the past 50 years?

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  • zyron wrote...
    The real problem........
    September 11, 2012 10:49 am
    This guy is a crappy photographer, he needs to learn how to actually photograph and process his images! I have shot in cemeteries before. I get permission first.
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  • sghouse wrote...
    @Dizzle
    September 11, 2012 11:44 am
    I don't know that it's that everyone is so offended but rather we're mourning the loss of civility in our society that this represents.

    It seems there are no limits any longer to deviant, twisted behavior. In fact it is encouraged by reality TV and the ready availability of video recording devices.

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  • eddiewhite wrote...
    Not sure...
    September 11, 2012 10:47 am
    what the problem is. I'm extremely turned on. I cant wait to get home after work and look at this picture some more in privacy.
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  • The One and Only wrote...
    You're right!
    September 11, 2012 11:30 am
    It is so offensive I only looked at it for 45 minutes!
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  • dori monson fan wrote...
    looks like a serious labor and industries violation
    September 11, 2012 1:20 pm
    Is the rigging used in these pictures up to osha standards? I think the photographer or owner of the site the freaky whistleblower was surfing needs to be fined for putting his employees in a dangerous position without the proper safety gear.
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  • roomtemp wrote...
    Giving a nod to Dizzle and Zyron...
    September 11, 2012 3:23 pm
    The B&D stuff ain't my bag. So I'm probably not the one to judge it on that basis...

    But that said, this photo is pure crap. Bad angle, bad lighting, bad framing, no processing... It's amateurish and awful. As an art piece, it would have been better to put her in a lady liberty outfit and shoot it with better angles and lighting.

    While you should always get permission to shoot somewhere if you can, that's not always possible (or likely). I usually give artists some slack on the trespassing as long as no property damage is done.

    And I agree with Diz, the rows of dead soldiers offend me a whole lot more than some woman's arse does...

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  • Keitho wrote...
    Nahh...
    September 11, 2012 4:38 pm
    Its just those wholesmoe Americans from the slt walk on their way home.
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  • Snout wrote...
    Poor photography and poor taste.
    September 11, 2012 6:30 pm
    But hey, he got his pathetic name in the press. Kinda like the morons who put a cross in a pickle jar of pee and make a statue of Mary out of doodie. Not artistic or creative in any way. People of this ilk stretch other events or comments into becoming offensive to them. Yet they revel in attempting to offend everyone else. Get your ego boner elsewhere pal. It isn't offensive, just stupid and disrespectful to the people who were and will always greater than you.
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