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Girlhood - 1
Girlhood - 1
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Collection: Girlhood - April 2015
Camera: Nikon D700
Date: Apr 16, 2005
Aperture: 4.5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/3000
Date Uploaded: May 1, 2015

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 This is the first image from a little sequence that I called "Girlhood" in an obvious reference to the recent movie "Boyhood". I hope most of you have probably seen or at least heard of it. Even though it was a little sentimental at times, I still loved this movie (I am admittedly a sentimental person). And I felt sorry for girls who were sort of left out... So here is my modest attempt to fill this void somewhat.

I did not have a luxury of shooting the same girl from birth into adulthood (in fact, I had, with my daughter, but this would be a different essay), so these are photos of different girls, from different places, shot over a number years. Still, I hope they tell a more-less coherent story. By the way, it was photo #6 which I took last month in Mexico that inspired me to put this essay together.

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 05/31/2015 11:46:52 PM
It's great when someone reshuffles the deck and produces another reading of the cards, analogous to the art process maybe. This interpretation is wonderful, engaging and touching. Thanks Lev.
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 05/14/2015 12:14:55 PM
Third visit.

it's like they said, each has a story that captivates me on it's own, and then the sum just fills it out completely.
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 05/11/2015 04:49:11 PM
You never cease to captivate Lev! You make yourself invisible no matter how big the camera you're shlepping, no matter the country or the subject. Your stories are fabulous and I mean the stories that you can tell in one single shot. Chapeau!
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 05/06/2015 06:17:38 PM
Originally posted by insteps:
Each photograph on it's own is a story. Interesting how you've included different cultures and places from around the world. The variety of exposure/editing techniques is also a nice surprise. These variation prevent us from becoming to comfortable. Very nicely done! Thanks

Thanks Henry and all. Very true, each photo tells its own story, that's how I was making them originally. As I confessed, I did not shoot specifically for the essay. On the other hand, in the same vein as in the "Boyhood" movie that was my inspiration, I was hoping here that many small stories merge into a bigger story of growing up. The variety of post-processing styles bothered me a little bit, but I was lazy to re-edit them :).
 05/06/2015 12:24:54 PM
Each photograph on it's own is a story. Interesting how you've included different cultures and places from around the world. The variety of exposure/editing techniques is also a nice surprise. These variation prevent us from becoming to comfortable. Very nicely done! Thanks
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 05/03/2015 06:23:44 AM
Complex ideas, simply explained. Must be your profession showing through!

I remember the Durex girl, interrogating you so dispassionately. All are good and interesting photographs, especially when overlapping and blended like this (those transitions Don refers to). But No 6 is a wonderful single image as well. Thank you!

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 05/02/2015 03:29:29 AM
Lots of forward momentum. The different girls did not bother me a bit. I was looking forward to the next image. Its a roughish ride, innocence-lost-repent-grace, as happens to just about all of us.

Repeating the first image at the end gets the circle of life idea across nicely.
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 05/01/2015 12:53:16 PM
One way to judge a series is by the transitions. Your transitions from 2 to 3 and 6 to 7 create an arc reminiscent of a feature film, which classically has a crisis towards the beginning and end (scriptwriters can even tell you which page each crisis is supposed to be on).

Your first transition is powerful and funny and affirming. Your second transition is powerful and hints at sorrow, or at least loss.

Well played.
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