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PurityOfEssence — I feel so used...
Published: 2006-11-07 00:00:03 +0000 UTC; Views: 1948; Favourites: 63; Downloads: 15
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entry 2 in my match series.entry 1
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Wow wonderful concept and the photo is amazing my hats off to you!
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Great title, that's worthy of praise on it's own.
The composition feels unbalanced, like it's too weighted towards the right of the frame. I think the group of matches should be closer the centre, with the single match closer to the left edge.
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I disagree with the first statement. I like the shadows setup like they are. Very unique idea...couldn't see the wax until the question was asked (and thank you for the answer!). It's still not noticable.
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quite impressive and creative, congradulations..
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your matchstick photoes are wonderful, all of them. especially this one
you may want to photoshop the ground though, just to get rid of the glue.
yes i know your secret, youve glued them down!
i love this piece though
infact i love your entire gallery
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Cool idea and conception. The idea of being isolated due to differences is carried out very well here. I do love how the unlit matches look like they are conspiring in the corner is brilliant. Truly one of the best qualities in this image. Lighting is alittle off, but, that's just a nitpick.
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Very extraordinary idea I find it very cool! It's a very nice situation how the lone burned match is standing there and the others in a group - looks as they have fear , makes them a bit human...nice concept.
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lol, i love the idea - it's not so common to be able to express feelings through sth such random as...matches
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This is surely my favorite of them. Fantastic concept, and I love the detail of the burnt match. The shadows are once again excellent, and I love the vividness of the red against all that gray. Very nice.
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hey ive seen these b4.. u must rly like this.. it is very uniqiue and very clever.. that burnt one doesnt have n e firends
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I love the idea behind it and the fact that you actually used matches gives it something extra
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I know how that match feels right about now. I like the concept, it's a very brainy Photo. I guess you can see they are glued but thats not really a bad thing. you wouldn't notice it unless someone read your comments first or looked at the full view. I enjoy looking at the shadows on the wall. In a way it looks like the group of matches are shunning the burnt match.
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thanks, thats the look i was going for. i tried to clean up teh super glue, its hard work. my fingers kept on getting stuck to everything.
thanks for the comment!
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Your welcome! and i know teh crazy glue is so annoying if it gets you!
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Love the personification you captured here.
The slightly bent tip of the burnt match really makes it work.
Great!
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this made me smile! I like the concept. Hey, it looks like the other matches are trembling. I like that.
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Simple, yet very effective. Portrays a significant message. Excellent
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one word: "discrimination"/"racism"....
cool picture!
will fav...and btw...may i post it in the stop-racism account?
will redirect comments/favs to you
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go for it... post away, thanks
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It has been posted here: [link]
Thanks again. I also put you in the supporters list
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thanks a lot!
btw..visit ~stop-racism to see what i was talking about!
and maybe join the supporters!
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i like the layers of meaning in this how you can take it literally (as in the match is burnt, thus used) or metaphorically (as in the match has been used like people are)
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Very good idea, especially when you read the title. Poor used match.
Since I don't know anything about photography I can't comment in the technical thingies in this but I'll try to give a semi-well rounded comment anyway
As I said, very good idea- very original- and full with symbolism, not to mention a certain air of humanity (or human fate), I also like the way you've chosen to let the background be bare and vacant save for the long shadows. The long shadows also seems to add a feeling of loneliness
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really good idea. I like all the ideas this photo makes the viewer think of. I dunno if that made sense, but I was just doing a project in my graphic design class about focal points and I was thinking of doing something like this, not with matches, but just isolating something and then having a group of something else. Anyways, nice work, I like the concept =]
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I really like this concept, it's really unique. The red matches are all huddled together, it seems like they're whispering about the 'used' match. The title, goes excellently with this pic, well done!
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We all feel like that at least once in life.... (or maybe just me 
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exactly. i realize that this picture has more of a cowering look to the group of matches then i intended, makign the burnt one look scary to some, but "used and abandoned by the crowd" is exactly what i wanted. thanks.
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aw i feel bad for the burnt match. lol anyways, this is a really cool idea. very original, well done!
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nice work again
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haha I love this, The match that has been burned is evil and going to "burn" the others.... Fave'd.
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I am loving this match series. Such a simple subject made provocative...great work
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oh thats very nice , I like it the most of this kind of set.
brilliant idea
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Wow its lovely it represents alot, if your different your pushed out. beautiful. how did you get them to stand alone like that?
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super glue and patience. i basically put a drop of gel glue on the ends of eth matches, held them in palce till they stuck, then cleaned up the bases of extra glue. then i put the upright matches into a little diaramma of sorts...a shoebox lined in white.
i had time on my hands, hehe
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Well art and representation takes time. Its lovely, i adore it. great job
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i love the concept. to me it seems like the burnt one is outcasted among the red ones.
and now the red ones sees the black one as like an enemy
ok im too analystic aah
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