While some ideas or photo concepts reach my mind quite naturally, I must confess that this one was hard to come up with. Speaking about the origins of life in a metaphorical way is definitely a challenge, since people can obviously have very different interpretations of the subject. This is why I choose to combine several concepts together: Eve and the forbidden fruit, a broken egg, plants, life, death. While I am not myself a religious man, so many incredible pieces of art have religion as an inspiration: I would be a fool to ignore that fact. So I decided to follow the steps of many famous artists in History, modestly and respectfully, since my goal was not to be provocative in any way. I must say I am very proud of the result, and I hope some will like this combination of classicism and modernism.
Regarding the making of the image, my dear wife was once again wonderful. Not only did she accept to pose, but she also had great ideas to help with the composition (particularly the plant shape) and colors: I would never have reached this result without her. Besides the main photo, I also took shots of a broken egg shell (I used it combined with her body), plants, leaves. The hair is also my wife’s, although it has been shot separately, and recolored.
With this image, I believe I am getting closer to what I truly want to express through my work, style-wise and meaning-wise. I am of course aware that some could hate it for several reasons, but I feel the need to keep trying new things and walking forward on the creation path.
Thank you very much for all the feedback: votes, comments, favorites. They are very meaningful and important to me.
Well done and congratulations Christophe & Mrs Christophe. From your notes I suspect there may be a subliminal inspiration emerging that, perhaps, as an artist and scientist, you are struggling with (successfully), something that we all hopefully share at one level or another. I immediately thought of this as a source, with all due modesty to Mrs C, something that even Einstein himself identified as a crucial part of his science. Not religion, but the spirituality of the mind. Given that, I wont be urging you for top job in the Vatican ;)
Love it! I can't imagine why anyone would hate it, but there are some low scores. Makes no sense to me. The concept, the execution, the light, are all exquisite. I am in awe of your creativity.
I always seem to be late to the commenting race. :)
Magnificent idea -- and it's amazing that you can make it a reality.
It always makes me a little sick when I look at the larger versions, however. I'm always disappointed when I have to shrink to shrink down my own work, but when I see what it does to yours, it almost makes me want to cry! Your details are magnificent. Thanks again for your descriptions. :)
You're in a class of your own. (You'll have to think about doing some tutorials for us and then later you can bundle them together and make some money by publishing them.)
I ended up bumping this up up one notch(forgot to update my comment, apparently).
It's interesting to me that when I looked at this now, the insides are perfect. I think the light available when I'm viewing an image affects my monitor. That means, most likely, that all images are voted differently at different times of day. Hmmmm...
Anyway, I digress... This is, I repeat, magnificent.
In my humble opinion this is the best of your work so far! Visually appealling and thought provoking.........I love the way you have combined the classic religous masterpieces and modern digital photography to capture the challenge description. Besides all of this and leaving the highbrow crap aside that I have just dribbled, this picture rocks!!! Freakin awesome dude!!!
That's twice in the last ten challenges You're becoming a regular jmritz!
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I don't really get this in totality, but its pretty cool and funky in an acid induced way! Your composites are incredible. Its a real work of art you made here!
This well transcends DPC ribbons. DPC is very lucky that you use its challenges for inspiration. I hope that Expert Editing challenges will continue as this is where your blend of photography and digital manipulation is at its extreme best :)
Well done on another mentally stimulating artistic creation, be there a love/hate relationship with the viewers. Whilst I find more beauty in the 'natural' world than the 'creative' one that you live in, I still understand the boundaries of art must always be pushed for us to grow, if you will pardon the pun. Kudos to Madame Kiciak for baring more than many would for their husbands 'hobby'. Now please take a well deserved break and let someone else win a ribbon or two! Joyeux Noël et une Bonne Année à vous deux.
Fabulous image. I LOVE the eggshell/body morph - it is done so well. The lighting is brilliant and the beautiful hair makes a superb background for her face and body. Top pick.
This is extraordinary on so many levels. Not only is it technically breathtaking (I particularly love the luminous edging of the arms), but the concept as well is just superb. My ONLY nit (and it is minuscule), is that the hair in the center does not seem to flow from her head, but has been added after. It is possible that it was not and it is just the angle, but it looks odd. Also, the way the leaves fade off on the right seem a bit odd somehow, not matching the pp'g in the rest of the image. As I said, such incredibly tiny issues. For me, the clear blue.
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