A flowering then a fading, an entanglement and a release, out of all the photos here this one brings me to the present with a clout that knocks past the attachement of me. I die, I lose all, I suffer and so and so, it's all there, it's all now, and it's all perfect as such.
Moody feeling conveyed by absence of bright tones, rumpled bedding, and gathering shadows makes a visual allusion perhaps more toward depression than sadness. The title gives hints about the narrative, but may not be a sufficient to anchor the viewer in this ocean.
I like this very much, the subtle textures, the shadows an wisps of hair-perfect.
I am however, ambivalent as to the title, perhaps it says too much, but yet, it fills in and reveals a great deal as well, and thus I will defer and give the benefit of the doubt. also the crop and ratio, like so many other photos, the viewer will never know what is on the other side of the crop, and here, although you might have impact creating the feel that the "body" is smaller more sympathetic being, what is in the frame works really well.
I have been through all of the photographs in this challenge twice. Once I saw this everything else seemed like child's play, paled in comparison. For me, this is a reminder of what a truly great photograph looks like. Heartbreakingly perfect.
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