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11-MAR-2008

my new "Winter Women together" gallery is up

Yesterday and today I created two new Winter Women composites, giving me four in all, enough to start a new gallery. To see this "Winter Women together" gallery, CLICK HERE.

As I've been taking photos of unclothed older women to post in my Winter Nudes Portfolio, I have found that, important as it is to show their physical beauty, it is even more essential that I try to capture their inner beauty. This is what fills me with awe. And beyond that, I have felt deeply moved by what has happened between us as we worked. Although each of these women and I have been friends for years, during the photo shoots we have forged a bond that had never been there before, the bond of true sisterhood.

My new gallery celebrates this sisterhood that women of all ages experience when they allow themselves to be stripped of the outer "garments" that define their place in the world, garments like their jobs, families, education, social position, cultural roles, etc. When we trust our sisters enough to remove our clothes in their presence, we also remove much that divides us. We become what we have always been but might not have recognized, we become family.

To create these composites, I've used Photoshop to select, position, resize and present with Glowing Edges, individual women who have posed for the galleries that make up my Winter Nudes Portfolio. I am grateful to each one for trusting me in this work.


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Fong Lam12-Mar-2008 00:50
I love your work, Patricia.
Very artistic and appealing.
~V~
Guest 11-Mar-2008 22:58
Wonderful new take on your nudes, works so well..v
Guest 11-Mar-2008 22:56
Patricia,
wow, what can I say. You really have stirred the emotions of your viewers. Such a story to be told here, but I am sure it is different for each of us.
Vera
Simon Chandler11-Mar-2008 22:52
Excellent work. Very artistic. Love it. v
Guest 11-Mar-2008 18:22
This is intensely beautiful, Patricia.
Roe..11-Mar-2008 15:03
my emotions run wild..great composite
Cindi Smith11-Mar-2008 11:29
I love the treatment...it really makes you think of the story behind her, like Dan the man said. Gets my curiosity up. I like how you added the two images together to make such a powerful statement.
Rosemarie Kusserow11-Mar-2008 10:27
Very expressive art work Patricia, I agree with your comment and I like a lot art works which let me be able to imagine different experiences or which tell a story, vote, regards, Rosemarie :o)
Dan the Man11-Mar-2008 09:54
This is a very touching picture... I feel sad... I can see a story about a mother that had lost a child or never had a child... Desolation and sadness... Bravo !
Anita Waters11-Mar-2008 06:40
Love it...
BleuEvanescence11-Mar-2008 04:21
Ohhhh Paricia...
This is so....incredibly powerful and truly beautiful.
What a beautiful creation...
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