because mia asked...

[kat_manson]

here are two starts from the film. they're not spotted. and the prints are not done. i want to print at a lower contrast, tone and lightly hand color. don't give me shit for the hand coloring, i already know you don't like it. i do

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[nyodene_d]

hey nice brea...i mean, photo. :P just kidding. that really is an awesome image. it will totally fit in with your mythological figures theme.

[kat_manson]

LOLOL!!!
and my,my aren't WE up early!!

[pondhopper]

I´m not sure why but the first picture reminds me of a painting of Joan of Arc and I can´t for the life of me remember where or when I saw it.
I like the shadows in the second pic and the tangle of her hair, two very specific things but they´re what drew my eyes and not the breasts!
LOL

[kat_manson]

to be honest, the tangle of hair & wire, and the quality of light are what catch my attention, too. thanks donna!
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[kat_manson]

hand coloring is just going in with a very thin wash of oil paint after you print in b&w. simple...little kids do it all the time in coloring books!! :)

i get the feeling both of these last two models would want to strip down in the dead of winter...probably with snow all over the ground!!

thanks, lestat.
if you were in the states, i'd take YOUR picture.

[clairenolen]

peee-essssssss:
just thinking about your show topic and title:
did you ever research Lilith?
Lilith was actually Adam's " first wife". She was wild and refused to lie under Adam when he wanted sex and therefore she was chased away and turned into a demon, because she wasn't " suitable". Only then Eve showed up.
She messed up too....sort of....but she was a much milder version of the female principle in comparison to Lilith.
Lilith always had a special place in my heart.
there is much more to this story and i had actually planned to write a book about it 10 years ago, but then.....too much other stuff happened..........*g*

HA HA!!! LOLOL1!!

[kat_manson]

this model (if i remember correctly) said she'd RATHER be lilith!

lilith will be have to be one of the characters i shoot images of.

whatcha gonna do with all these wild women?

Re: HA HA!!! LOLOL1!!

[clairenolen]

LOLOL i love them and then i become them......*g

[xrayzerase]

nice
i like the second-the details-down to the lines in the apples--but what i really like about #2 is it feels less staged-staged (in a good way)-but..in a way that keeps me from being "settled"..the look on her face-in her eyes-has many layers and levels (at least that is how i respond to it..) also-the various shades of light/dark are rich in a way that give layers ..
what pondhopper wrote above-the first reminding her of a painting of joan of arc-..me too--but not a painting-more-from a film about joan of arc w antonin artaud in it..)
anyway-very cool..

[xrayzerase]

ps...just looking longer at # 2--
i know what i love:
it is ..there is a feeling that well-i feel-of mortality-as well as ..inevitablitity. -and..ofcourse history and all it's significant markers---..but-it is the mortality-the fragility-the cracking of time (or something)-as well as timelessness-that grabs me--
i guess-i just think this is a very strong image...
..
thought i'd say it's the breasts i love !---nah..but-i feel a sort of sensitivity (almost "painful to touch" feel "in" or "by" the breasts..and her sking-hair...so--ok--the breast part is part of the image i like---but..otherwise..great to see nudes when they are not used in glamorous ways-a model may be beautiful: but-man..so much more depth when there is more there than a naked area showing on a man or woman...guess what i am saying: if she wore a dress over her breasts in ther image--it wouldn't nearly have the sensitivity and strength that it has..
ok--enough out of me!

[kat_manson]

yes, i agree. it does feel less staged.
oh god. you mentioned antonin artaud. i am in love with him. i have his writings and his drawings.

also, i really found your comment about image#2 interesting. the whole thing about mortality and fragility.

but still...i know it was really about the breasts. you can't fool me!! (just kidding, woman)

these were really kewl comments.
thanks, andrea

[xrayzerase]

i LOVE A.A. too :)))) not only was he a beautiful man--but-yeah-his writings--so beyond this world ;) and his drawings...just-fascinating stuff...
haha--yeah-caught red-handed--it was the breasts ;)
ttfn