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Published: 2005-03-07 23:07:08 +0000 UTC; Views: 2517; Favourites: 68; Downloads: 448
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they were just sitting, talking, in an old grey parking lot on an old grey couchfacing an old grey wall. this is the kind of stuff i love.
*edit: had to change the title after reading hadi's (~glowingspace 's)
perspicacious comment here:
" Totally YIN & YAN perfection and balance. Excellent composition.
The white arm, the arm covered with the black sleeve; the white line on the right, the black line on the left; the male & the female."
i never saw all that. amazing eyes, hadi!, thank you!
EDIT, 11/19 - it's YIN-YANG. not ying-yang. okay. thanks guys.
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i love this kind of stuff too.
it is beautiful in its greyness.
love all your work!!!
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I really love the graphic shapes in this photo, so clean and simple.
And the title rocks!
It took me a long time to go through your gallery, but it was so worth it!
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thanks so much! i haven't seen this photo in quite some time and i really like it even more now.
thanks for the fave and watch too!
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ha,it happends to me all the time,sometimes i fall in love with photos i never put much attention too and vice versa.
you're very welcome
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by far my fav of ur stuff [so far]
excellent in everyway and i luv the comment. actually i've enjoyed reading many of ur comments. i often don't like to be distracted by someone's subjective view on their piece, but most of urs have been very friendly and lite [ie. don't force a particular view on the piece].
congrats. i really try to limit my faves, but i couldn't help myself on this one
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It seems as though there is something very intimate about sitting on a couch with another person in public. I'm sure it was even closer for them, facing the wall.
I like the shades and the balance, but also the feeling of somehow being misplaced that I pick up on when I look at it. Like they're not sure where they are, or why, but as long as they're with one another, they're content to stay there without a rush. Comfortably displaced. Maybe where they came from isn't worth going back to, or where they're going isn't particularly where they want to be.
I also get the feeling of flipping through a book, and setting eyes on one or two lines-- perhaps merely a small phrase, even-- that makes me want to read the book. To take in the whole story, as well as that snapshot, in stride.
I always seem to feel so much emotion from your photos; I think that's why I sometimes don't post as many comments as I should. 
Hope the comment wasn't too long, or drawn-out.
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yes, it's true. it did have a very intimate atmosphere about it.
i felt somewhat like an intruder (well, i was!) but still i had to make the frame.
i really love your comments dear. don't ever apologize for them and
i never find them too long. i could read pages and pages of them.
i so love that you feel things instead of just thinking them.
that means the world to me babygirl. The World..
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That comment makes me warm; thank you for it on a night like this.
As long as you enjoy the comments, I'll keep taking the time. Dont worry.
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nice&
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good god, woman, do you know humanity.
I have had my breath stolen a good many times perusing your gallery, because your understanding of form and vitality is so in synch with the proper workings of the world. What I value most about your art is the spontanaity of it- it is as if you are telling us- here is the beauty all around you- open your eyes!
I'm with you, i LOVE stumbling upon moments like this, and I only wish i had the cojones to whip out my camera and capture them permanently with the grace and ease you seem to. I think there is a great delicacy with which you have presented this image to us- clearly you're aware of your apt composition and qualified use of contrast. but what really sets it apart is that you were able to achieve such a technical success without posing them as models, choosing their contrasty clothing, etc.
this is the true testement to your inherant abilities as an artist.
gorgeous work, lady
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it is as if you are telling us- here is the beauty all around you- open your eyes!
wow..
you cannot believe how happy that made me, love.
really your entire comment made me beam and beam
and become rather speechless. truly, thank you.
comments like these are rare and wonderful and
i'm honoured to have your eyes upon my works. 
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damn, your avatar is brutal.
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this is a great picture and you have a great gallery! Keep up the good work
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this is a great picture and you have a great gallery! Keeo up the good work
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amazing capture, great eyes you've got
only i thought i should mention that it's actually YIN & YANG and not YING & YANG
YANG being the masculine/active principle and YIN being the feminine and more passive principle
keep it up
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Hello - mad person here.
I really like this. I love the fact these two are engrossed in their world, but there are other forces around them. The piece of paper, looking lost or forgotten under the sofa. The dramatic forceful verticals in the background. It's like time is standing still.
It's great.
I even managed to leave my neuroses out of this comment.
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i am happy to make you smile!
now you made me smile! 
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doesn't it?? i have hadi, ( ), to thank for that.
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The girl on the left "Come on ! Give the TV back !!"
The boy on the right "Okay, but you give the house back first !"
You know what? I love the concept !
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hahahaaaa..
that is bloody brilliant sympathy!
that really made me laugh. thanks for
sharing that thought.. hahaaaa... great .
and i'm glad you like this.
it's just a simple little thing but it
was so cool to see it, you know?
*kiss you baby*
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Hadi's eyes and imagination and your skills makes a good combo.
Very nice photo, but the very bright white sheet of paper at the bottom of the couch really bothers me, but thats just me being finicky.
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hahahaa... someone else said they loved the paper there.
yea, amazing that hadi saw all that... whoa.
thanks, love.
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SIs this is so stunnign ,the black and white produces an awsome feel , the location and the pose feel ironic awsome
Fahim.
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thanks, darling, for your wonderful comment.
it really made me feel good so early
in my day.. i am smiiiiiiling!!
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Its always awsome to see your pretty face smile
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Wow, what luck to have them just there, like that and the whole concept, just fall in to your arms! Awesome job Katia. Keep that eye open!
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GORGEOUS! This really is a stand out photo by you Katia!
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logan! how nice to see you, dear!
how are you? how's your new job?
you still loving it?
thanks for your kind words about the photo.
it was really a cool thing to see and i just
couldn't pass up making a photo of it, could i?
thanks for the fave too, darlin'! 
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my job is good, chances are i will be layed of soon do to lack of work but ohwell.
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this is really pleasing to the eye. i just like to look at it. definitly a good name for it. its so everyday but at the same time, its better.
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i am just amazed by your beautifullly gifted eye for such things...wow wow wow!
a promise to my self! i will!
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i am just amazed my your beautiful gifted eye for such things...wow wow wow!
a promise to my self! i will!
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spot on. but its actually YIN>(chinese philosophy) > the passive female principle of the universe , also the moon
YANG> (chinese philosophy) >the active male principle of the universe, also the sun
that just needed pointing out . and it just so happens that there is a male and female ( or it looks that way to me )
sitting on the sofa 
respect x
sy
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thanks sweety..
well i've seen YIN-YAN (as hadi wrote it)
and YING-YANG (i've seen it written this way most)
and now yours, YIN-YANG.
soooo...
hahaa...
who knows?
but thanks for telling me that.
yes, it was a man and a woman!
thanks so much, love.
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the g is agressive a male letter or somethin like that (but dont quote me) lol i know a little about chinese philosophy and culture
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This is a wonderful shot. I love how they look so happy and relaxed in a place that should be so depressive and constrained. It really seems as if you are telling of the openess that two people that really care for each other have, how you can sit and talk in a public place and it doesn't matter because you are in your own little world, on your couch. Feeling this way is a great feeling, knowing that the world is just a brick wall anyway and that you are completely alone and free to talk.
There are some great tones here too, which is a tribute to how perfect your exposure was. Wonderful stuff. I also kinda like the paper sitting under the couch as it has so many connotations and so many possibilities; it has really made me think. The vertical lines on the wayy and the post really help bring a feeling of three dimensions to the shot too, giving it height where it would not have. Great capture, I can't wait to see more!
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This is so why I love the pictures you take sweetheart!
And why I paid my tribute to you... I mean, how amazing is this picture?
Knowing how you take them makes this such a special shot as well.
You are right there, at the right time, right place, camera poised, with your eye...
Ahh... Love it!
Always.
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woooow
beautiful!!
definately a :fave:
great colour and composition
ying yang goes PERFECTLY!!
love the greyness!
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