How the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition Fails Photography (NSFW Links)

I remember a time before my teenage years when the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition was the hottest thing you could grab every year. My experience is the perspective as a millennial growing up and defined by the dot com era and the social media influx. Truly, we are the last hybrid analog/digital generation that will remember a time before modems conversing with one another in chirps and hisses. I recall, with zero nostalgia, lots of coverage of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition and beh...