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Published: 2003-05-17 15:56:46 +0000 UTC; Views: 3542; Favourites: 35; Downloads: 768
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Ways of hiding from the worldways of forgetting...
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so cool!!! I really <3 this one!!
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wow man.. this is amazing..
good art.. damn good art!
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Brilliant composition with a great balance between light and darkness. The image is very suggestive leaving a lasting impression in me. The slight glow from the white parts adds a sence of dreaming making the sureal image more believable.
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Gosh, I love it when people think of things like this. Definite
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what a big lol for this one.. looks weird but nice, nice work!
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You know, there are two ways you can obscure your vision so you can't see anything.
The obvious is going into the dark..... and the other, in a place with a very strong light.
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heh, at family get togethers my uncle always used to fall asleep and we'd stick a lamp shade on his head and take a picture. we have several pictures.
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Nice work, not sure about the light feathering. I think it would look cool with a hanging on/off switch.
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This did not get posted last time but I only somewhat like this because Carolina is in it.
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Sorry but I'm really far away from getting this one. No..... I do not get it at all. Iβm already kind of bored with this image because you used one very similar to it before. Umm the framing is ok and the title color is cool..... Poor Carolina with her pretty head in a lampshade. This literally gives me a headache with he lack of scene it makes while you present it like it makes perfect scene.
------> urrggggg
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i just put out "oblivious" four days ago!!!
this is great - just awesome!!
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Even the lower part of her face is gone. The jaw, chin, mouth, all obliterated.This is the woman in a domestic violence situation - no identity, no face, nothing that another person can identify with. She has left our reality. Very powerful.
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Fabulous concept indeed! The lighting and clothing are perfect
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after reading some of the comments i realized it's way too early for me to be thinking that hard....
i just really enjoy this concept and capture. it will speak to many before the day is done.
cheers,
k
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Nice. I like the meaning and description wit it. Very surreal look.
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Very cool! I took some shots like that with an umbrella hehe. I like!
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great pic ... i don't like the position of the head(that i can figure out lookin' at the neck) . .. but the pic is still great
-sorry for my english-
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I swear when I just glaced at the thumbnail for this pic on the main page, it looked possibly like someone's face with cloth or something covering their mouth. Take a look at the small thumbail and you'll see what I mean.
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Conceptualism....my favorite...
Do you know the work of of these David LaChapelle [link]
or
Sokolsky [link]
these are 2 of my fav conceptual photographers....with the submission of this pic...i can see you will like and be inspired by these 2 guys.
Good work, Clara
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It's truly inspired!!
WOnderful image - the encroaching darkness is very palpable
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man i thought this was a persons face from the thumbnail.hehe gj
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oh.. beautiful shot,
i really like the lightning on this one ,
the clothes and the gloves are a very nice touch
beautiful concept too...
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The gloves give it an odd sadistic feeling .. but nice concept ..
actually it looks like an enlightment but it can be looked at another angle (oblivion) too .. nice..
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wow i love this... one of the strongest pieces i have seen lately on DA... .... very inspiring... thank you for submitting this...
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In my one-dimension opinion, this is the best thing you've done.
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i really like this...maybe because it reminds me of david lynch's, the elephant man, and me being such an admirer of lynch's early work i can't help but fav this
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(Part 2 of 2)
The second meaning relates more to the lampshade bearer being crazy or insane. The practice is clearly not normal so we must assume that person is out of his/her mind. How do we know how to find the person at the party that got the most out of hand? He/she is wearing a lampshade on his/her head. (Albeit, that person's 'madness' is usually an attempt at humour and the consequence of indulging in alcohol and is therefore less severe and temporary. Nevertheless, the action is considered, at least, mildly crazy or insane.) This notion is portrayed less noticeably in this piece by the clothing the subject is wearing. The lightweight, wrinkled, white cotton is very comparable to a hospital-patient's smock. The black, rubber-latex gloves are often associated with an insane person's melodramatic fear of germs or bodily fluids. Therefore, one can assume the subject is struggling to maintain his/her sanity.
I feel this representation draws from both notions associated with the symbolism of wearing a lampshade on one's head. My interpretation is that the subject, a young female in this case, has become insane due to the world around her. She has been the witness and victim of horrifying and excruciating events. The lampshade represents her last desperate attempt to hid and forget the misery of her surrounding world.
Thanks.
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Interesting commentary here. A lampshade over one's head is a classic symbol of one of two notions. The first, presented very clearly in this piece, is fear. We all remember our favourite cowardly, mystery-solving Great Dane, Scooby-Doo. Putting a lampshade over his head became his hallmark whenever he had to hide from the evil monsters that were on the verge of catching him. Eventually, Scoob would have to remove the shade, and with the help of his eager 'mettlesome' friends, go on to face the monsters and solve the mystery. Was this goofy child's cartoon trying to subliminally instil courage in youth to help them face and conquer real-world fears? And what the heck was with all of the marijuana metaphor? Scooby βDOOBIEβ Doo? I guess that would be a question best posed to Hanna and Barbera, the 'toons creators.
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wow...its so...powerful. this is amazing. i love it!
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Very cool! I love all the black space around her, and the clothing. Wonderful! +fave
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does this technique work ?
I need to replace my 'Tin-foil' hat soon
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reminds me of the "push it" video by Garbage.
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Strange concept. I like the dreamy feel to it...
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reminds me of when some one at a party has drank too much... Great job on the photo I like the dreamy fog to it...
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Admirable.... this is a truly haunting shot
The negative space adds a lot...
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Extraordinary, one of the best marriages of design simplicity with exquisite details I've seen. The quality of the fabric just slays me.
I think the glowing on the lampshade is perfect - evident, but rightly restrained.
The black gloves are vital - at the thumbnail view, it's easy to see a bigger face, and the gloves become the bottom shadow of an imaginary nose (with the spaces above her shoulders imaginary eyes.)
The only thing that throws me is that it appears she's looking straight up, that we're seeing the underside of her chin. Which would be fine, but then the lampshade shouldn't seem to be resting on her in quite this fashion. It's a little perplexing, and my only (very) minor critical observation... I.e., that a minor perplexity would detract from the major one!
Overall, though, this is extremely potent for the passivity of the image. It lets us have our own powerful reaction to it rather than "try too hard" to impose one. PERFECT space, too, horizontally and vertically...
Coolest thing I've seen from you in ages, maybe EVER... and that's really saying something, as you are so reliably phenomenal...
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Interesting shot to say the least.
Great shot, open to many interpretations
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is she caroline ?
good idea and nice composition.
like that all way..
but what is that whiteness around lampshade ..
brushes are pronounced
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very strange, but really good. conceptual at its best.
i like the meaning of forgetting in conclusion of hiding the head. there is no need to say that the quality is perfect. the light, the dead space and all, its great executed and its something what i expect from you.
its not easy to impress me, but you got it again.
ailine...
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I'm sure I'm missing the point, and sorry for that, but... LOL!!!!
Well done.
^^
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