September 27, 2007 4:56pm Have you heard of pilobolus? It's a modern dance company that focuses on equal weight share. Sometimes they perform implied nude. It's really gorgeous.
Some of your work really stands out in this way. I love it.
September 23, 2007 10:23am your insight is very valid, the two things you pointed out: "soft" and non-filled shadows is done on purpose, to destroy the "fine" quality that is photography (deconstruct it a , resolution is WAY down, so when printed big on canvas, the pixels conflict with the "grain" of the canvas' surface, etc) and the big shadow dead in the middle, the visual "hole," is to invert the traditional, more centralized composition... but by doing this, it may appear as an unrealized/unprofessional portrait. Luckily, that's what I wanted.... but this is exactly the things I debated with myself before putting this image out to the (professionaal photographic) world to represent myself. Catch 22: be an artist doing something different, and in the process, do photography "wrong"... thank you very much for starting this debate, it's central to my work for sure!
September 23, 2007 5:46am Constructive criticisim on this is that it looks a little soft (maybe the resize) but the composition and concept are fantastic. maybe a reflector giving a little more light in the shadow to the right hand side of the picture would give it more definition and more 3d look.
