Survival
by gyaban

Comment by hihosilver:
Oh...a scene from Alien Nation. Did only the newcomers survive? Well, disconcerting but not entirely surprising. I find the tonality of this image rather fascinating. I would expect to have a sense of either the finite or the infinite in such a context. However, despite my vague sense of moral yin/yang, this image leaves me rather nonplussed. As usual, I know I'm in the minority, but I'm sure by now I'm also ignorable...;-) Congrats on your ribbon!

Survival
by gyaban

Comment by hahn23:
Fantastic image and poignant vision. Congratulations on your well-deserved blue ribbon.

Survival
by gyaban

Comment by Tiny:
Always going to be up here somwhere,its a wonderful fantasy image,Congratulations and have a good Christmas.

Survival
by gyaban

Comment by yanko:
The fake looking figures set against a realistic looking environment seems like a strange mix to me, but you do this often in your work. You'll have parts that look real and other parts that look fake making the whole scene inconsistent and not believable as either a depicition of reality or fantasy.

That said, after reading your opening paragraph the choices you made in this photo makes some sense to me. The people depicit in the nude, hairless, holding each other, divorcing themselves from the rest of the world sort of makes this not about "end of days" but about the every day. We live in a bubble. We eat, drink, socialize rarely giving any thought to those outside of our immediate circle. We're like cgi figures with just enough programming to carry out the basic functions we've been assigned. I'm not sure if this was your intent but this is what I get from it.

Survival
by gyaban

Comment by Brent_S:
Congratulations Christophe, you did a great job with this. I pity you if your next studio shoot calls for a clean white scene though; you made quite a mess with this one it seems! ;)

Survival
by gyaban

Comment by JulietNN:
I gave this a 10, it is the little details like the hand and mask hiding in plain view that makes this a stunning piece of work. You seriously need to make a coffee book and start selling it, you would make thousands

Survival
by gyaban

Comment by daisydavid:
Not so hot on the figures but the floor is to die for ;) Well done.

Survival
by gyaban

Comment by h2:
Even if you enter a perfectly shot and processed image that meets the challenge, some people will always find something to be wrong with it. How in the world can a post-apocalyptic scene be realistic?
Congrats on a very well deserved blue, Christophe!

Survival
by gyaban

Comment by mrchhas:
congrats cristophe hopefully you'll see this before the end of the day! :D

Survival
by gyaban

Comment by crayon:
i like the severed hand on the ground