Her Illicit Sanctuary

Self portrait. Please tell me what you think. Thank you.

beautiful, original, spiritual...I feel all kind of deep emotions when looking at your image.

Have marked you as an interesting person, you are !!! WOW, this is great work

im in love in ur face lines.. very impressive and deep.. as talk with urself.. change the mask and speak with me..

Excepptional idea, composition...Simply Wonderful

A dreamlike atmosphere... graceful lines of your body, particularly of your neck. Great composition : our look is caught by the mask and it follows line of your hand, of your arm, of your face, and it go back the mask. We can "read" this shot into a circle, through your thoughts... Well done. Your lighty skin is well constrated with the dark tones of the background. Beautiful and well tought light in the left upper corner. "Merveilleux".

A special image....great interpretation.

I love it!!

oh, how beautiful and elegant and sensible!

B:)liana

Soft, sad and beautiful. I have a feeling that she uses this mask to hide her genuine inner sadness.

this is wonderful.. .excellent expression and the contrast between mask and model 's face..

Color is good too..

Congraduations..

 

Longtang Lin

What a great colaboration between the model and her mask! There is a devine connection between the two.

I love this. Beautiful composition and tone. Reminds me of a Clarence John Laughlin photo in a book I have.

Wonderful expression and very well composed.

Regards Peter

Just seen this superbly creative shot.

For a self portrait this is outstanding and excellent work!

7/7

John

This is a wonderful piece of work. A really great image!

Excellent work! Stylish photo! My congratulations!!!

perfect idea n work

One word - "magic"

I love the interplay between the mask and your face. Beautiful image.

perfect great...

7/7 !!!

Absolutely superb. A gorgeous portrait.

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Well, I guess I'll be "controversial" on this one. I don't really understand this photo, and it doesn't particularly move me. I feel a little manipulated actually. The subject is a beautiful young woman dressed very fashionably in some sort of veil and a low cut dress (negligee?), holding a nondescript mask. I don't know what to make of it, and question the use of fashion and beauty in so obvious a manner if some deeper meaning is intended.

As a self portrait I feel it to be an outstanding and imaginative piece of work. The veil, expression and mask all come together very well. This coming from someone who is absolutely terrible at self shots. My only nit would be the neck seems overly long and a bit strained. BTW, congrats on being chosen for POW

Very fine...evocative.

 

I understand the title's "sanctuary," but how is it illicit?

 

Your face seems pensive or curious, or perhaps even lured into the mask, but he mask looks depressed, tragic.

 

I can imagine a beautiful woman hiding something behind a negative mask, perhaps abandoning her fullest expression...but why would she do that? It wouldn't be "illicit"so much as, um, deceptive or self-denying.

 

The photo raises those questions for me...that means it's powerful.

 

Nice work. Do more.