Most of my photos are inspired by personal events, or at least views and thoughts about things happening around me. This is perhaps the most personal creation I ever made: if you are interested in the story behind it, you can read it there.
Thanks a lot for watching, and thanks for the ribbon!
ETA: Thank you so much everyone for all the very kind comments and warm feedback! It is very much appreciated.
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This image is so incredible.. and the story behind it even greater! Many congratulations to you and your wife! I can only imagine what a bright and creative child you'll have! I hope your wife is feeling better these days. :)
A very belated congratulations to you and your good lady. Being a daddy is the best thing ever! I also really enjoyed your website - it was the first time I had seen it.
Wow, read your story behind the photo... I thought it was heading towards tragedy...
You are a great story teller, both in writing and of course your images.
WOW, and congrats :)
(I'm glad I didn't read the other comments first. They would have spoiled the story.)
Yes, I was really worried reading your story, I thought - has the photography taken over everything in your life!?? How serious is the disease?? Why not see the doctor instead of taking photos!!? :) Anyway, I read it to the end - congrats!! I hope she feels better soon. Great image and great cooperation on all levels. I am looking forward to your take on new life :)
Congrats Dad (to be)
I was fearing the worst reading your write up but I'm glad to see it was a wonderful happy ending. Hope everything goes well. Fatherhood is awesome but does consume your photography time...
Congrats on another ribbon as well. Well deserved
Congratulations Christophe and Mrs. Christophe! Impending parenthood! You are the master of suspense, Christophe. I'm glad that story took a happy turn! (oh, and congrats for the well deserved ribbon, too.)
You scared the crap out of me, Christophe!! You need a warning at the beginning of the story!!!!
Huge congrats!! I do remember the beginning of pregnancy, feeling so incredibly worn out, I didn't think I could move. Luckily it didn't last long, and the rest of the pregnancy was wonderful!! I'd skip the delivery part, though. Been there, done that twice, and it's not much fun. :)
The funny thing was, I thought of fire arms, too, and figured I couldn't do fire nearly as well as Christophe's fire stuff, so I'm not going there. :)
Oh my goodness, Christophe. Huge congratulations to you and your wife. I can't tell you how much relief I felt as I got to the end of your story and my heart went back where it belongs :) Wonderful work on both counts, of course, and I wish her a speedy recovery of strength. Bless you both.
Oh, and congrats on the Red, too.
Fantastic image. Congratulations on many fronts. Hopefully your wife will be feeling better soon. It won't be long until you two will be burning the candle at both ends.
Reading your thoughts on this shot put it in a whole new light and it makes it that much more powerful. Love your work and so happy for you and your wife :)
Congratulations Christophe!!
On the ribbon, but I think that this time there's another event even more worth to congratulate you and your wife on :)
Daddy... :)
Congratulations Christophe!!! My best wishes to both of you - or rather, to the three of you :-).
Btw I hope you didn't use this storytelling to break the news to your family. It starts off really scary, you can give someone a heart attack! :)
The image is undoubtedly one of your best. IMHO, looking at this as a concept, I would have stayed at two arms. The whole setup - the angle, look, fire, the constraining black hands are already so striking and at least for me, less would give more impact - just my two cents. Congrats on the ribbon!
So glad you will finally experience life with a child, very happy for you. I was only thinking today what it would like if you had a child and if you ever would incorporate him/her in any of your photos, and then I read your blog, congratulations to both of you; and I do hope her pregnancy goes well.
I have to admit those charred fingers freaked me out!!
I never looked at this challenge during voting but noticed this on the front page.
As you know I'm a fan of your work, because of the communication of process along with the final product.
Here though, you have surpassed yourself - I think this is the best image I've seen from you; as ever it has supreme clarity and technical mastery but what shines through are things like tenderness, beauty and vulnerability. I found the paper tears in the skin quite moving but the stoic expression and the rays of light from the top right communicate a sense of strength and even peace. All of this from an image that could easily have channeled violence and dread.
We are used to the quality of your work by now and your mastery of Photoshop is so consistent that we do perhaps take it for granted. For me, it's important that we continue to take the time to look at your work with fresh eyes from time to time and reconnect with the artistic and visionary process that underpins it.
As you know, I'm a fan of blur, of low fidelity, of street, of black and white - frequently favouring such in my own commenting, but I also really value your pristine, colourful and necessarily contrived art - where others create through reinterpreting the real world, overlaying grain, pushing contrast and creating through the constraining of a scene (or moment), you create your own - it's another, and wholly legitimate, route to creating photographic art - and here, for me, you've demonstrated how emotive, personal and powerful that can be.
I very much value your contributions here at DPC - you've raised the bar for such high fidelity work so effortlessly that I think we sometimes forget the contribution you have made to changing the expectations of this small community in relation to such work.
I for one want to acknowledge that, to say thank you and to pass on a hope that you keep submitting and allow us to enjoy both your creations and the creative process that is so central to your work.
Thank you.
I read the accompanying piece too - congratulations!
Cool story! Congratulations! Pregnancy isn't easy, but it's only 9 months - they seem to go slowly, but they actually fly. As horrible as it can be, take it in and enjoy it. It's such a defining and beautiful part of life.
another brilliant image from the master .. congrats on the red Christophe ..:)
lol .. i just noticed after i wrote that that littlemav has called you a master too .. but it totally fits .. :)
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