This photo was staged for the "Despair Challenge". I beleive despair is an extremely strong emotion that most of us never truely experienced. I think that to be desperate is to be in a situation bigger than what you can handle, in which you have lost all control, and in which it seems there's not much chance of getting out of. You've tried everything to no avail. At Dictionary.com they sat Despair is to loose all hope. I think there is a nuance : despair is the emotion that will either spark your survival instincs or your abandonment of life. I wanted my photo to have a strong and shocking visual impact on the viewer to reach his emotions. Is the woman very sick? Is it blood we see? Is it vomit? Is she dying of some sort of illness? Is she trying to comit suicide? Was she beaten? Being a witness to dispair cannot leave you emotionally untouched. I understand that my photo may shock a lot of people and could be interpreted as gratuitous violence. I am ready to accept this critiscism.
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A magnificent shot, your bringing out of the colour red works incredibly well and the composition is absolutely first class. I really admire the fact you were not afraid to shy away from the unflinching emotional impact you were after and this shows real integrity.
Great shot.What more can I say.I'm feel inspired to find my own creativety and shake it loose. Added you to my favourites as I can learn so much from you. Thank You..
Thanks for all the comments everyone! I didn't think the photo would rate that high! But seeing that it made 4th place, it is quite stimulating to produce more. :-) Thakns again!
PS. ;-) Merci Mr. Dude!
PPS. Oh, and by the way, I got to give a lot of credit to my GF for accepting to pose for this pic. It was quite hard to convince her, especially when I told her "ok, what I want you to do is put your face on the toilet, oh, and I'll put some of your hair in the toilet too.". Well, it costed me a nice dinner at the restaurant... but it was well worth it! LOL! Seriously though, she did a great job. It was not easy to stick her head so close to the toilet like that. xxx
better if you should less of her, consider just the legs stick out, black corners at the bottom left & right are distracting. Also I notice both her arms are pointing up, if she was dead or even umconscious, they would slip to the floor.
Putting the subject in the distance and appearing insignificant (size-wise) works very well. The tone on tome except the subject is another good touch. I'm getting more depressed as I look at the picture - I guess it works.
Wow, incredible and provocative. Vomit, blood, ??? Horrifying either way. I love how this is so open ended and terrible. Has she been beaten? Committing suicide? Horrible illness? The contrast of the stark room and her vivid emission and her outfit is really intense. Very disturbing and powerful.
I think that the picture was done in a unique way. I personally dont like what you tok a picture of although i understand what the picture was representing.
Not really a nice story, but I like your shot. The lightning through the hidden window works great and is highlighting the subject. The models color and the lower saturation of the rest is well done too. The high camera position is IMO well deliberated. It brings some distance between the viewer and the sad scenario. Perhaps I would have cropped a little closer on the left side of your shot. IMHO there ist too much uninteresting space. The victory sign of her hand looks a little overstated, but that's only marginal. Great work! - 9
Wow, this is a very disturbing photo. Technically, lighting and composition look good. I can't believe that your subject willingly leaned her head against the toilet, and put her hair in it (that's really disgusting)!
This image is very shocking and quite disturbing. The crop is good, the red against the white/black/gray is a sharp contrast. I dont 'like' the image, but it certainlly expresses emotion and adequately meets the despair challenge.
I would certainly hope this was staged... but man... I'll have to give you extra points for sticking her hair in the toilet! Dang, there's no way on Earth I'd do that! And even if it happened accidentally after an alcohol-fueled night, I'd shave my head! Anyway, I really think this is a strong shot. Way to go.
Eeew!! But this is an excellent photo. Perhaps you should get a job for a CSI department somewhere!! I like the contrast of the red underwear and blood on the B&W photo.
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