Gallery 1 Photo Gallery by Galina Stepanova at pbase.com

Gallery 1

A few favorite portraits

SLIDESHOW(selected)

Faces of Childhood

Inhabitants of Earth

Watching them grow...

Gallery of small galleries

Sketching Life

Gallery of small galleries

Incidents

Connection

When I cannot avoid colors...

Fabienne		12-Dec-2008 20:16
Des photos faites avec beaucoup de sensibilité et de talent. Les poses et les expressions sont magnifiquement saisies. J'aime beaucoup la présentation aussi. C'est excellent.

Krzysztof Maslowski		09-Nov-2008 21:22
I REALLY LIKE YOUR PICTURES. VOTE! http://www.pbase.com/krzysztofmaslowski

shatterbug		23-Sep-2008 22:06
A most excellent portfolio by a true portrait artist!

francesco scipioni		04-Apr-2008 18:11
fantastic gallery! -v-

Ohad.R		06-Jun-2007 14:23
very good and pro galleries here v

Verdi		11-Mar-2007 10:30
I can't get out of my head these flash of life, of emotions of light... Awesome. bravissima verdi-

Bang Truong		28-Jan-2007 17:44
Beautiful portraits !!! voted

John		27-Jan-2007 22:49
Wonderful Photo, beautiful face! How great is G-d!

galarneau		10-Jan-2007 01:26
I get a really warm happy feeling looking at these portaits... just what I need from images... thanks! v:-)

Chris Sofopoulos		30-Nov-2006 15:54
You have beautiful works here Galina. Most of all I prefer your portraits in monochrome that I believe that they are so expressive and strong. My compliments and respect for your work. v

Marcos García		15-Nov-2006 20:18
Amazing collection of wonderful portraits!

Kathy Hillard		29-Jul-2006 01:43
You have a wonderful eye for portraiture, Galina. I love your b&w tones. Excellent! Kathy

Prantik Mazumder		27-Apr-2006 16:44
Love your sensitive treatment. Very nice work of at.

Ken McColl		16-Apr-2006 12:05
Galina, I have been here before and I am back again ...maybe my ATTEMPTS will one day be as skillful and powerful as yours. Excellent work... regards KMc

Brother Bear		12-Apr-2006 22:37
So many good looks. So much individuality. They certainly are portraits of people's actual true to life personalities. No facades. Thanks for all the work there, it made my day. God is good, Brother Bear BrotherBear.org

Kees Terberg		18-Mar-2006 22:16
I am glad that you have gone mainly for monochromatic. Where you could not avoid colour I understand but even those, would look great in mono. I have enjoyed these pictures very much. In some cases the post processing may have been a bit over the top but the actual captures and the use of light are superb. I have made a reference to the following in my portrait galleries and I convinced that this is definitely true for your shots. You have captured individual idiosyncracies, characteristics, personalities. You have shot exceptional portraits. There is no way that these are just attempts. These are successes. This is from my intro to portraits. It si definitely applicable to yours as well: The dictionary defines “portraiture” as “a record of a certain aspect of a particular human being as seen by an artist”. The most important attribute of a good portrait is that it captures some individualism of the subject. The picture should not merely be a shot of a pretty girl or an old man but a portrait of that particular pretty girl or old man and no other person. Portraitists are first and foremost observers, noting human traits, elements of character, idiosyncrasies, habits and gestures and singling out and capturing the individual features of each sitter". Succes!

Dan Chusid		08-Mar-2006 07:26
Better to leave a little space for improvement then to consider oneself a master before one's time. Continue the excellent growth pattern Galina.

andy_farrington		07-Mar-2006 15:16
Galina, I must agree with the others - I think you do yourself an injusyice by calling these attempts....they are Grade A++. Voted for them Andy

Larry Lam		30-Dec-2005 16:56
Great mood portraits

Sean Blumenhein		23-Nov-2005 15:45
If this is your "attempt", I would love to see the shots when you don't think your attempting anymore.

SimplePhotography		21-Nov-2005 22:18
Dear Galina, I think it's time you left out the 'attempt to" from this gallery title. You master this branch of photography. Voted, and twice if I could.

rcj		16-Sep-2005 16:08
Wonderful work here. Thanks for sharing.

Jim Chiesa		22-Aug-2005 16:47
Galina, I love your portraits gallery. Some shots are so expressive, so well caught and 'portrayed' through a subtle blend of Black and White or monochrome. This is surely the most challenging area of photography. Congratulations for this achievement. I look forward to seeing more over time. With kind Regards Jim

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