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By: Lukasz Rzeszotarski
Copyright ©2005

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Photographer	Lukasz Rzeszotarski {Karma:45}
Project	#49 Dramatic Portrait	Camera Model	zenit
Categories	Photoart Portrait People	Film Format
Portfolio	portrait dark series	Lens	helios
Uploaded	6/6/2005	Film / Memory Type	ilofdpan 400
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Critiques	6	Rating	Pending / 1 Ratings
Location	City - State - Country - Poland
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Barrie Cranston {K:172} 10/29/2005

Scary, good shot

Barrie

Lalage {K:2412} 6/7/2005

Great!!!

Lukasz Rzeszotarski {K:45} 6/6/2005

thank You Paul for Your comment ;)

Lukasz Rzeszotarski {K:45} 6/6/2005

thank You Paul for You comment.

Paul S {K:894} 6/6/2005

This image does not feel like a self-portrait. The reason is that I feel so intimately involved in the picture itself.

The photographer is cloaked in a heavy jacket and dark shadows. The eyes are always the most important part of any portrait and in this one they are perfect. The stare is hard and piercing. Indeed they are predatory and they look directly at the viewer.

The camera blow is what pulls the viewer in. It is not uncommon to find a camera in a self-portrait. However, the eyes with the heavy shadow give the image a dark and sinister feeling. With the camera pointing at the viewer, the divide between image and viewer breaks down and the viewer becomes part of this image as the camera and photographer emerge from out of the shadows.

I am certainly left with the feeling that the picture is being taken of me. However, the photographer and camera emerges from the shadows and I feel like I have been stalked until the exact right moment.

One thing that distracts from this theme is the exposed navel. The heavy coat and dark shadows imply the chill of the evening and an unbuttoned coat exposing a shirtless chest is a conflict to the over all mood. However, this is a minor flaw and is not significant to the over all theme of the image.

ugur cetin {K:5895} 6/6/2005

superb.

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