Uplifting

Very sensual picture, due to a combination of factors, the graceful model attitude, of course, and the contrast between the very smooth skin tones, almost a studio lighting study, and the harsh, hardly blurred surrounding, except for the white flowers that bloom nicely and add a nice romantic touch. Very stunning picture in all ways....

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Yes. Although the style is quite different, reminds me of a magnificent series of pictures bay the late french photographer Jeanloup Sieff in Lanzarotte. Attached is one called "La naissance d'Eve" ie birth of Eve.

@Yves- Thanks for your lovely comment. I did see the photo you attached as reference on my mobile view but it does not launch here and generates a "404" Not Found Error. But no worries, I appreciate the comparison to Jeanloup Sieff's workalthough stylistically different yes, but I will look into more of his work for the obvious inspiration going forward. Happy Holiday's and thanks again, Phil.

@Steve- Thanks for your very appreciative comments. Ir's very kind of you to take the time to comment. Much appreciated.

@ steve. I had found the picture from Jeanloup Sieff here.

https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=A2KLfR84FOpfDnIAtC5XNyoA;_ylu=Y29sbwNiZjEEcG9zAzIEdnRpZANCMjk0NF8xBHNlYwNzYw--?p=Jeanloup+Sieff&fr=aaplw#id=545&iurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.christies.com%2FLotFinderImages%2FD53304%2Fjeanloup_sieff_la_naissance_deve_lanzarote_1996_d5330419g.jpg&action=click

 

Many of his most famous pictures can be found here https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=AwrEzNQ9FOpfn2wA8dCJzbkF;_ylu=c2VjA3NlYXJjaARzbGsDYnV0dG9u;_ylc=X1MDOTYwNjI4NTcEX3IDMgRhY3RuA2NsawRjc3JjcHZpZAN1NkRkM0RFd0xqSlA5ZU5zWC5Xb1ZBVEJOemd1TVFBQUFBQ0RXbWxuBGZyA2FhcGx3BGZyMgNzYS1ncARncHJpZAMEbl9zdWdnAzAEb3JpZ2luA2ltYWdlcy5zZWFyY2gueWFob28uY29tBHBvcwMwBHBxc3RyAwRwcXN0cmwDBHFzdHJsAzE2BHF1ZXJ5A0plYW5sb3VwJTIwU2llZmYEdF9zdG1wAzE2MDkxNzYyMTY-?p=Jeanloup+Sieff&fr=aaplw&fr2=sb-top-images.search&ei=UTF-8&n=60&x=wrt&y=Search

 

He had some vision trouble with colors therefore made all his personal pictures and most of the business ones in B&W. I had the privilege years ago of seeing an exhibition of his prints made by his printer, Jean Yves Bregand, a master of the printroom who was one of the owners of the lab Imaginoir in Paris. Unfortunately, the lab acquired at some point a very expensive enlarger, that would print conventional prints, but from a digital laser source, and the company supplying some critical supplies went bankrupt, the lab went out of business, and Jean Yves Bregand, who was also a photographer, lover of extraordinary subtle gray tone palette passed away shortly afterwards... Very sadly victim of digital imaging... The beauty of the original prints is still very vivid in my mind....

@Yves, Thanks for including that link. I enjoyed reading the story of Jeanloup Sieff. Interesting he had color perception issues and the black and whites are gorgeous. Even if he felt he needed to shoot that way, those images are stylistically over the top even for fashion images.

@philip. JeanLoup Sieff had a very diversified professional activity. Reporter in his early days, and then fashion and advertising, for mostly luxury brands, portraiture (mostly of celebrities) etc... He was very successful in the 70's and beyond, having worked I believe for a few years in New York city. Amazingly he made plenty of nudes (and landscapes, but this is more usual) with a 21 mm lens (and his leica M3) I do not know many photographers who can shoot graceful nudes with a wide angle lens... He was like yourself dedicating many efforts to magnificent images of the female body, and one of his famous and late picture book was called "Derrières" which can translate into "Bottoms", all in B&W, like I believe all his other photo books.