New York: Washington Square PArk
Inspiration: I post much less photos in color than in black and white. Apart from my obsession with black and white photography, I have high expectations of a color photograph. I love it when a scene fills the photograph with so much color that it almost pops off the screen! In this series, my expectations have been met. Indeed, I was lucky to have walked into Washington Square Park just in time to photograph an artist painting this woman's body in vibrant hues for a photo-shoot. While I love the portrait shots, the second to last and last photos stand out for me. Why? The nonchalance. The insouciance. The blase attitude. Second to last photo: "Yeah - I am semi-nude and being painted from head to toe in the middle of Manhattan, but honestly, I've gotta send a text right now. No problem. Keep painting. It's all good." Last photo: The look on the face of the woman on the far right as she puffs on her cigarette: "What's the fuss. That's not so hard." Priceless.
I don't think you can understand how much this made my night. This inspires me 100%. I completely love them. I am going to be photographing a model soon where we paint her face and I am so excited about it. I'm not sure I will use this much color, or so thin. But, it is so amazing nonetheless.
Posted by: Louis Duke | May 30, 2010 at 11:20 PM
Louis: I hope that you post your photos! I cannot wait to see them. Glad to have made your night. Running into this scene this afternoon made my day!
Posted by: The Photodiarist | May 30, 2010 at 11:22 PM
wow these photos really do pop! i love the portraits and I'm amazed at how someone can be so comfortable in their own skin as to stand naked in front of so many people. I envy that girl!
Posted by: mau | May 31, 2010 at 12:49 AM
I love the 1st and the 5th photo, especially the 5th. I love the position of her eyes in that one. The details in the 5th are great too. It must have been pretty warm that day, I'm so jealous, weather here is awful.
Posted by: Biana | May 31, 2010 at 02:40 AM
Beautiful colors, I love the 5th .
Posted by: C. | May 31, 2010 at 05:01 AM
I love color photo!
Especially,5th and last photo.
Beautiful and interesting photo!
Posted by: Lady M | May 31, 2010 at 05:25 AM
Great body painting! The pictures work of course better in colour. You can adjust the black and white 'translation' of the colours but it's never the same!
These pics are really good. Especially 1 & 3.
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Posted by: Davidikus | May 31, 2010 at 07:22 AM
I love this series. And in this case I'm glad to see the colorshots. The B&W are nice but this calls for the vibrance of colors.
And this girl has got guts. Adorable. I definitely don't want to be in her place, yeah, you can call me coward on this.
Posted by: San | May 31, 2010 at 09:18 AM
priceless.
Posted by: Citizen Rosebud | May 31, 2010 at 11:16 AM
Great pictures. Though the portraits are extremely striking I do especially love the 'texting one' because it adds such a surreal touch (his suit is also very interesting).
I noticed that you have started putting a copyright stamp on your pictures. Did you have bad experiences with people stealing your photos?
Posted by: SabinePsynopsis | May 31, 2010 at 06:29 PM
haha love your commentary! i definitely prefer the colour version.. colours just jump out at you
Posted by: liya | May 31, 2010 at 08:35 PM
Still chuckling. You're musings on her inner thoughts are hilarious. Can't decide on a favourite....they're all really very cool.
Posted by: Nadine2point0.blogspot.com | May 31, 2010 at 10:44 PM
Nadine - It seems as though she could be saying that, no?
Liya - Thanks. I prefer the color version by a long shot.
Sabine - thank you. As for the copyright, I didn't know how the heck to do it before. Then I figured it out. So far, I haven't run across anyone stealing my photos. In a way, I'd be complimented if someone thought that they were good enough to steal - I just realized that adding the copyright logo it was probably a smart thing to do. That said, if I think it will ruin the look of a photo entirely, I don't add it.
Posted by: The Photodiarist | May 31, 2010 at 11:25 PM
This is nuts! insane!
I love the narrative text you put at the end.
bulls eye!
Posted by: the nyanzi report | June 1, 2010 at 09:29 AM
Usually, I prefer your stuff in B&W, but these are STUNNING in color.
Posted by: Mrs. Pearl | June 1, 2010 at 11:36 AM
what a brave lady
Posted by: Linda | June 1, 2010 at 11:56 AM
Thanks for your answer. I've been wondering because I have been reading a lot about upset bloggers whose pictures were used without their knowledge or consent. (And your pictures are certainly worth 'stealing'!)
Posted by: SabinePsynopsis | June 1, 2010 at 06:17 PM
I saw the b/w version first. What can I say? perfect subject for color too :-)
Great shots!
Posted by: Amit Basu - Black and White Photography | June 3, 2010 at 01:20 PM
I'm still laughing at your writing!! ahahha..
This kinda reminds of our Indian festival of colors called 'holi' at the end of the day we all look like multicolored creatures.... its beautiful!
Posted by: Spardha | June 11, 2010 at 06:24 AM