Yves Petronin

Very subbte and delicate range of gray tones, a powerful trbute to feminity. Very well done ans stunning originality, a difficult task in the field.

Sruking immage, very powerful simplicity while the narrow range of tones furhter brings visual impact.

Superbe image, looks like it is so well composed as to look as a painting.... Congrats...

Very poetic image, a sort of dream in the forest. Magnificent rendition of shadows and highlights. Hard to imagine that the shot was taken with a 55 mm lens. However this reminds me that the french photgrapher Bernard Plossu reportedly uses only a 50 mm lens for all his pictures (and an old Nikkormat and B/W film ) therefore one has to be convinced that the eye is more imporant than the gear...

Superb picture, a drearmlike shot,. The fog (or clouds?) add a lot to the already vmagnificent light and composition.

Very graceful and charming smile, looking so spontaneous,, captured at the very exact time.. Is this an example of "eye contact " ? Congrats anyway....

Superb piicture, stunning due to the diagonal line of the eyes, that create a particular, very fresh and young dynamic, in line with the model's youth... Very well done and split second timing....

Very nice composition with a stunning mood. Reminds me of the atmosphere of pictures by the late french photographer JeanLoup Sieff. Congrats !

Superb portrait. The white background, blending nicely with the model's white shirt, the simple and subtle elegance of the tones contribute to astunning shot (not to mention the model's simple but very stunning beauty, of course. (()

Very beautiful winter portrait. The skin is pale, but this adds to the charm and romantic moment.

Stunning black and white picture,. Reminds me of the lovely movies from the 60's and before, by Antonioni and others of similar talent. Congrats !

Thanks for your nice comment. This is a very old picture,, and I was young and did not mind hiking in mountains for hours... It turn out that with the global warming, this kind of scenery has virtually disappeared from the area, not to mention the difficulties of access, due to les reliable ice and snow pattern.

Thanks for your appreciation. This is a set of old pictures, taken in the 70s, with a special morning light typically promising bad wether to come. This picture was taken with a 20 mm lens, while a closer shot, taken at virtually the same time was taken with a 135mm lens, therefore the very different scenery...

Lovely pose and model almost innocent attitude, as well as very subtle gray tones, full ef sensuality.

I find the while light on the wall is a bit distracting, altering somehow the composition, and it does not add to the picture,

Very stunning picture, with this extraordinary combination of subtle and narrow range of gray-brown tones... A picture that could lead to hours of meditation... Reminds me for some reason of the paintings of the French painter Pierre Soulages who for most of his artistic career explored the variations of a single color, mostly black ... The reference to pierre Soulages is a compliment... Congrats.

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BTW after looking at Jeanloup Sieff's official web site, here:

https://www.jeanloupsieff.com/photos.php

I have also found another picture that is on the same topic... and even closer regarding aesthetics and pose. Unlimited source of inspiration apparently..

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Charming picture, wiht lovely gray tones, a full range. This picture reminds me mainly due to the mood and the unusual use of a wide angle for boudoir photography of a 1976 picture by the late french photographer Jeanloup Sieff. Perhaps looking at both pictures, it seems to me that the black decency veil could have been omitted, especially with such a graceful model. Anyhow congrats, and please consider the reference to Sieff as a compliment.... Have a good new year as well...

Very nice harmony of mostly blue tones, the long lens providing a calm and relaxing mood... Well done...

Amazing, like a dream.

Very stunning, partly due to the very intense model face, and eyes, partly to the subtle palette of tones, and also the model pose cropped in such a way it is not quite a portait, not quite a more erotic pose... Very well done.... Beautiful model as well....

@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.

Magnificent picture, like most of the ones of the portfolio, superb overall,

@ 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....

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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.

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....