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Published: 2003-05-12 18:35:43 +0000 UTC; Views: 5275; Favourites: 162; Downloads: 1024
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There is a Chinese proverb that goes "fall down seven times, get up eight"...I feel like I am on my 12th, but this time I am trying to stop mid-fall, before landing on my ass again.Self-portrait for the week. Slight grain intentional.
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I like the way it pushes a sort of hiding, run-away-from-the-world feeling.
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hi girl
seems you know chinese very well, great compostion !!
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Wonderful concept and beautifully executed...
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Wow, this is great! The hands and feet fill the frame nicely.
I love the way all aspects of identity are hidden, even though the person is stripped bare.
Great concept, nicely done!!
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Wow, this is great! The hands and feet fill the frame nicely.
I love the way all aspects of identity are hidden, even though the person is stripped bare.
Great concept, nicely done!!
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something extremely intriguing about this photograph. i love pictures of hands and feet and body parts. this one adds itself to my list. nice work
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great composition, message, execution. faving it.
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I don't think i've seen anything quite like this, it's so creative. Must 
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I love this shot soooo much! Excellent job! You have the perfect body for this shot! (hands and feet)
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Wow, I love the look of the hands and feet. Positioned so well. I think I'm going to try something like this if you don't mind. I just really like the look of it. Nice hands and feet 
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reminds me of the work of photographer Arno Raphael Minkinnen - he's a finnish photographer who strictly takes self-portraits in various contortions that relate him to nature (such as a piece of driftwood) - sorry I'm blabbing - cool photo
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this is REALLY good. it's got a nice meaning.... i just love it.
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Very nice. I like the black/white photo in contrast to the black background. Cool!
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amazing idea. another fav from your gallery today
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an eye stopper... very good.
and great text to go with the shot.
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I like black and white shots,this is very interesting
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...wonderful... the pic, the description, the pose, the b/w choose... must I continue?
Great work... truely something different from usual...
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Great body forms, looks very clean.
Interesting subject. Liked the proverb
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Wonderfull.. not just the idea... the composition.. the placemente of the hands and feet is perfect.... love it
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You are my hero! Falling down was definitely worth it, ths pic is awesome.
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What an eye-popper! The phenomenal visual impact of it can't be overstated.
Strangely, the title is almost a complete disconnect for me. If she's falling backward, she doesn't seem to be doing anything to stop it. And if she's falling forward (i.e., we're under the floor), nothing about the lighting suggests this perspective.
But the image itself, regardless of its meaning, is totally successful for me. The correspondending angles of hands and feet makes for a great unity of whole - we immediately have to "sort them out," which is inevitably going to involve/compel your viewer.
Add to this the "second layer" of this effect, that that wrists and ankles are crossed in a parallel way too, but more "off screen," and the mixed-up effect is even stronger.
I saw a "more contrast" comment above, but I don't buy it. Rather, the toning is perfectly thorough - no detail is lost - and the overall contrast of the image is undeniably arresting.
This is the kind of image that stops traffic, and has a deeper appeal too. It's one of those images any of us could have made, but you're the one who chose to. Sometimes those seem to me the most genius of all.
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That's great! Superb idea, and very well executed. I like it in B&W, with the black background... very nice!
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Yes yes...I really like the composition here....
could use a little more contrast.....background could be darker and the lighting is a little flat...but the pose is great
rock on
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great composition...you have preeety hands
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beautiful on e
looks like a monoment or a statue
great job here
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Cool pic with a very nice meaning behind it, great job!
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great idea... nice concept... wonderfull perspective...
i love it..
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i don't have much to contribute this time, but i want to throw in a "love it".
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just in case, I could borrow you a parachute. well, if you need it ...
syco
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my my my...
you have the most innovative self portrait pics ive seen in DA...
how on earth u came up with this idea? no one knows... hehehe
not only that, you executed it perfectly (composition, lighting, contrast)
stunning!
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..I' m kind of critical...to me it seems like that background is too black....otherwise it is fabulous..
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Beautiful shot, but without sounding too prurient I think that the shot as a whole would work better if the shot had included the bottom as well. I understand why you may have cropped it but the framing of the whole body would have added, for me at least, the feeling that you had fallen completely and stopped before landing on your ass (as you say). Verses the feeling that I get in the shot as-is that you are falling but can't stop it.
Still beautiful though.
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all in all, this great shot worx without an idea behind!
like it, not a 100%-fav, but iยดll add this to my personal photo pack.
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For gods sake, dont show this to any Greek friends
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thats a wicked image...it caught my eye right away...very nice work.
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