I don't know if it was your intent, but she looks like she should take refuge in the abused mannequin shelter...
The linear dents to her cheek, neck, and collar bone area, combined with
the down turned head and the clothing that evokes a sense of mourning make me
think "abused mannequin." I don't know if it was your intent, maybe my
imagination is just running away with the visual content, but this shot can
be interpreted as a subtle message about objectification and abuse.
That's probably more than you intended if you were just doing light studies. I like the use of the background molding that obviously comes together behind the head - puts a sharp point on the composition.
Personally, I find mannequins to be inherently creepy. Maybe I watched too much Twilight Zone as a kid. But even adjusting for the basic creepiness factor, your shot still disturbs me, but that's probably just me.
- MCC
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Mark Cassino Photography
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www.markcassino.com
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann Sanfedele" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 11:58 PM
Subject: Peso - manakin
actually, just my dressmaker dummy
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3238226
I did this to test shooting black and white in digital (as opposed to just changing it to BW in photoshop) and I kinda liked it
I'm sort of back on list -- but still straining for time to read even 1/10th of it. Sigh...
I've got a headshot job tomorrow - that was why I did this test.
this was the little pic I used on craigslist to advertise for headshots
http://users.rcn.com/annsan/3headshots.jpg
happily, I got a nibble pretty quickly.
annsan
