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This is such a moving self-portrait, my dear friend. It is so expressive, that I can't help but be a bit emotional. The accompanying paintings (althought by different artists as you pointed out above) seem to provide different perspectives/viewpoints of your unassuming warmth, my Dear Friend. This is simply superb. Congrats, and a pleasure to meet you!!! Regards.

Pnina ands her classical muses. Nothing much has changed since then; you're still inspired by the artistic.

Pnina, wonderful overlapping of faces with great masters inspiring the modern artist. Very originaland well done.

Thanks for your nice comment, my portrait is self photographed , and converted to B/W....

Thanks as well, and also for your wishes. The photos of my exhibition are alredy hanged and it came out very good, it is the right gallery for them.

I'm connected to the art history, the impresionistic era is one part of it.

 

I'm sure all the nice wishes will help;-))

You have really surprised me with your dedication, a great compliment my friend.

 

It was a mutual "meeting" lately Kelvin. Thanks to the photography world ...;-))

Thank you so much for writing your points of view, I'm delighted that you liked it.

Pnina-Master of light and art creator. I see you looking at us through time and through your love and understanding of art . Your eyes and smile have a lot of kindness and humanity. For people however strange they seem, interest you , passion and curiosity that transpire in your inspired images and kind and inspirational messages . One of those days I will make a picture for you as a tribute. Respect. Mario the art barbarian .

To me the figures in the background did not matter in the sense of their being created by famous artists. What I saw was a person in a contemplative moment of trying to reveal something of herself and her muse (but maybe not too much). The figures could have just as well have been ghosts of the past, imagingings of a desired alter ego or simply other representations of the same persona. Marvelous composition and excellent muted color palette.

Thanks both of you ! what a pair you are!

... emerging in a darkroom. Pnina, you are the image that is emerging. Well done.

I've done few years in school of art doing mainly bronze work, some painting I did do for fun. For I did botched them, for my poor understanding of art, also for torturing my English learned very late in life, I call myself an art, barbarian . I left a explanation for you regarding your wit I liked very much in commenting, you were very close to the truth ,execution with all the arms, very nice. Respect. Mario

 

Thanks Mario.You sound a sensitive human being, much less a barbarian....;-))

 

Dennis, thanks for your nice comment !

Eccellent work Pnina.Bravo.My best regards.Janusz.

Lovely experiment, nice thought and the execution. Like the way you presented it. Great.

I know it's taken me a while to get to comment on this one. I have looked at it many times.

 

You have narratively conveyed a lot about yourself here and you have done it with an artistic flair. Your artistry shows in both the way you have put this collage together and in the art history with which you so confidently identify.

 

I think you have told us a lot about how you see yourself here and you have crafted this collage quite skillfully.

 

I see this portrait as more narrative than emotional. In a way, I actually see here a distance between you as artist and you as person. The two artist figures and the way the collage is composed actually act a bit as an emotional screen between you as self and you as photographer/artist and between you and the viewer as well.

 

Distance is an interesting artistic concept, about which volumes could be written. I think so much photography, whether portraits or theatrical scenes, even nature and landscapes, is a play between distance and intimacy. How much we present to the viewer, how much we reveal to the viewer, how much we actually tell the viewer, how much we involve ourselves as photographer, and how much we distance ourselves as photographer. Most photographs are a balancing act of all of these elements.

 

I think this self portrait is a success and does capture very much a part of you. I would also love to see one that has intimacy and that is personally revelatory. You have an excellent example here of telling us who you are. A great companion piece would be to show us Pnina from inside.

Nice to see you here and read you evaluatuon. I see what you mean and I agree especially about the distance you have mentioned. I will try to explain. My life are turning around the arts, all the time. aside from my family it is my main occupation and interest. I think that the collage , and many other dialogues with the art world ( like with Vermeer in " follow the light" , as one example) is how I see myself,as part of that world, in my own way. I put the images before my face as they are before me on line... and I don't see muyself as such a great artists as they were.I really adore the acievements of that era and the impact on all the developments that came later on. As you follow Hosoe, I follow the developments in that world old and new.

You are right about the distance, as I have a bit of shyness in my personality, even I'm assertive as well, and exposing myself is and always was a hard task for me.

 

I do think that if one looks at my work in general, the subjects my perception, comments, relationship with others, the way I see life, my personality will shine through.

 

Intimacy?I prefer the distance....Fred.

 

Thanks for your visit,always nice to read your way of thinking.

Thanks for your response. It helps me understand more about you and about you as a photographer.

 

I think we now have a fascinating dichotomy here, regarding intimacy. If we take Vermeer, for example, I tend to see much of his work as very intimate. So your dialogue is with him yet you are inclined to maintain a distance. This, I think, has great potential.

 

It makes me really stop and think about how a stance of distance can reveal things about the world and about oneself. I think distance is a most useful and interesting concept. Distance often gets in the way but can also aid a great deal in communicating clearly. I think consciously playing with that notion has endless possibilities.

Just to add a little more. I keep thinking about your peeping dance series. I think those are some of your more intimate photographs. While using distance in those, you have managed to create a sense of intimacy. I think there is distance and then there is distance. We all maintain some degree of distance that is protective and guarded. Unwitting or unconscious distance can be a detriment, I think, to an artist. Recognizing distance, as I believe you've done in the peeping series, commenting visually on it, playing with the notion of it (as both the dance piece and you did), working with it has the ability (as I think it did in that series) to allow distance to overcome itself and turn into intimacy. I hope that's not too tortured a scenario, but I feel as though I've experienced that myself to a degree. I remain a little cautious and curious about your last statement that you prefer distance.

That is exacly what I said to you , about looking at my work in general.I think that taking SOME distance from things gives you the possibility to evaluate better while when you are very close or intimate your perspective can be disturbed...

So you can create your intimacy undirectly.

BTW, I see that dichotomy in your last "green" portrait.... what do you think of my evaluation? is it what you have had in your mind?

 

In any event, it is a very good point to think about.

I understand what you are saying. It's not quite what I, myself, had in mind with the portrait of Will you are talking about. I've tried to explain a bit on that page to both you and Joseph of how I approached that photo and why. Have a look. And thanks for, as always, a stimulating conversation. These kinds of discussions are so helpful and it's so much fun to learn how others think and go about their approaches.

So there's beauty on both sides of the lens. . . which I already knew, of course.

 

Very nicely done, Pnina.

 

--Lannie

Thanks Lannie for your kind words!