I wanted to create a mysterious ambient covering the face of the woman by shadows casted by the Sari on her head. When I was making this photograph I took notice of the political background of women wearing a burka. In some way moslim women are \"bound\" to their clothing, for this I choose to tie her hands up with a scarf.. The environment (a corner in a beton building) was chosen to go with the sentiment of being \"locked up\" or surpressed.
I finnished the picture with a soft-focus to accentuate the mysterious atmosphere.
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My first impression is very positive. This is a very dramatic shot on several levels. The lighting is what makes this shot. Keeping her face in shadows works very well with the cold hard background. Her pose, and having her hands bound as well as the stark background, all drive home the feeling of imprisonment.
The soft focus is probably what kept you from scoring higher. I really feel it fits this photo very well, but the general mentality of a DPC voter wants to see the subject in very sharp focus.
Welcome to DPC! You have done quite well for your first challenge entry and I look forward to seeing more of your work in the future!
I don't know what to make of this one. On the one hand, it is visually pleasing -- which is a positive. But I have a very hard time reconciling the partial nudity with the images of Middle Eastern Muslim culture that these clothes conjur in my mind. Maybe this is supposed to be a rebellious woman rejecting her burka. That would be interesting. But, her skin makes her look like an Anglo, which, for me, makes the scene look fake. Add-in the English graffiti in the background, and it doesn't work for me. Probably you never intended any of that and I'm probably reading something into it that isn't there -- based on my own environment. Please tell me if I'm completely off-base. In any case, it's a far better photograph technically than I could do.
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