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The Watchwoman, Guizhou 2005

Canon EOS 20D
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Guest 25-May-2006 18:56
This might even work in the transition section because the subject is beginning to be lost or slipping away from the old way.
Guest 25-May-2006 16:26
y
Jennifer Zhou06-Mar-2006 06:24
Here is one too:http://www.pbase.com/angeleyes_zyl/image/53830523 :))
KimKong06-Mar-2006 00:21
A great composition and the kind of feet without body I like.
Perhaps she should meet him:http://www.pbase.com/kimkong/image/56768334
I am quite surprised I posted it just a day after you without knowing,
I suppose it could be a pong... :)
Wolfgang05-Mar-2006 22:30
I can not resist being drawn into your interactive images. I have no choice but to walk through that door to complete the picture. The power of suggestion, curiosity and discovery is formidable. You use it exceptionally well.

Is this what Gestalt calls "closure"? ... forcing us as viewers to connect what lies beyond the borders of the picture? If he was talking about more than lines and shapes, than this is it.
Guest 05-Mar-2006 22:05
chinese oracle....
Guest 05-Mar-2006 13:34
This is a really good composition, with that empty space in the middle. I also love how we see the woman on the right side.
Guest 04-Mar-2006 14:09
An open door to imagination... great shot!
Phil Douglis03-Mar-2006 22:16
The empty chairs, the body language (the floppy foot) and abstracted body are important, but it is the yawning black hole that invites our imagination to enter and go to work. Normally, big black holes in pictures fragment the image and draw the eye to nothing in particular. But in this case, it is the point of picture. She lives in an empty, mordant world. That is why some feel she has been murdered. You sure know how to trigger eerie thoughts, Kal.
Stu03-Mar-2006 17:07
Excellent shot
Craig Persel03-Mar-2006 16:19
I agree with Ray. My first thought was that she was assassinated. True?
Ray Rebortira03-Mar-2006 15:29
This reminds me of the French concierge in Zinnemann's film, ''Day of the Jackal," after she was killed. It is true that we see more when less is shown. Bravo!!!
Marisa Livet03-Mar-2006 15:15
The title is definitely good, but it’s the necessary consequence of the choices at the basis of this picture.
The woman is the main character, but she is hidden and only the detail of her feet is visible.
She is like if she was an actress on stage during a break in rehearsal.
The walls with the ideograms are like the wings of the scene.
The two white plastic chairs are in a mirror, balanced position, one is empty and one is occupied by the woman.
We can guess in the shadow something of the indoors elements to.
She’s waiting, it’s not important to know what she’s waiting for…
She’s waiting, there is a feeling of resigned waiting in this picture.
Thought provoking…
Marisa
Guest 03-Mar-2006 12:46
Great B&W composition, love the title GMV
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