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Excellent composition with a very elegantly posed model. The texture and rendering are wonderful too. Overall,  a magnificent portrait, bravo.

This is a digital photo from an original copy in gelatine, originaly sepia

toned.

Thanks for your comments/ratings

PDE

Very tastful & elegant, nice mood!        Congr.

Bella y elegante con agradables tonos. Un excelente retyrato. Saludos

Well Juan,

I guess I see the image through different glasses than the other reviewers.  I believe that every picture tells a story, either simple or complex and I search out that story in the elements of the photograph. 

What I see here is not a happy story but a sad one.  The young lady carries a facial expression that says she is sad and unhappy, she looks as though forced to be here against her will.

She holds the instrument upside down in a kind of silent protest.  Her expression is one of deep seated resentment and a defiance to authority. 

Several strings are missing from the instrument - a kind of protest that says that it will not play anyway.

If it had a title similar to "Forced to Practice" or "He cut the strings!" I would call it a magnificent work of art.  

Yet without that hint from a title I cannot judge it.

Regards,

Jerry Matchett

Molto melanconica,ma di grande  e speciale forza,grande qualità espressiva,grande storia , bel progetto .complimenti !

I happen to agree with Jerry's interpretation of the image, she holds the guitar loosely and with seeming discontent, her downcast eyes avoiding further conflict and seeking to hide the possible disquiet of her soul.

The sepia tones and wonderful lighting serve to accentuate the great mood and atmposphere.

Excellent!

Regards

Alf

A very beautiful portrait!

Great look in the image ... interesting placement of the guitar in a downward direction perhaps matching up with her moody expression and her downward gaze.

Superbly lit and so peaceful atmosphere, all of the best my friend.

I don't believe you !

Or you mislead me to think that the Beautiful model could be my Granma.

Who cares anyhow ?!

Beautiful model !

Congrats to the photoman !

Thanks for sharing (hush hush ! I don't believe you !)

really like it... from a guitarist's stand point it appears that all the strings are there.

Excelente retrato. Magnifica composicion, pose y expresion, con una sensacional luz y detalle, asi como un estupendo virado

Gracias por tu apoyo y tus siempre amables comentarios.

Feliz Navidad y año nuevo para ti y tus seres queridos.

Un abrazo -Tolo.

Quite frankly, one of the most beautiful photographs in this theme and I love your tonality.

I agree with Jerry and Alf that the young woman appears morose.  However, I disagree as to the symbolism.  She is obviously holding up the right hand side of the guitar above the left, making a political statement that our political systems worldwide are out of balance, with the right greatly overpowering the left.  Her political statement is obviously intended globally.  Behold the rule of thirds:  The lower right third features a circle (the sound hole in the guitar) that symbolizes the Earth.  The circle is surrounded by iridescent mother of pearl that symbolizes the atmosphere and the clouds.  Could it be any clearer than that?  Indeed, it's as if she's screaming, "The political right is turning the world up-side-down!"

But alas, the photographer has a message too.  In this world of left vs. right, we tend to think in black and white.  But is everything really so black and white?  Perhaps there's some sepia too!

~ OR ~

Perhaps this is a wonderful portrait of a beautiful, pensive young lady that I wish I had taken myself.  :-)

PS I hope you will forgive my tongue-in-cheek analysis.  It was more a commentary on arm-chair psychoanalysis than on your lovely portrait!