nearly married twice

Nicole Ryan, 2 months ago

so beautiful .. i just love this series so much

meh

i LOVE all of your series LOL

the ground in this is amazing .. the textures coming through .. the hard cracked ground .. the softness and sensuality of the woman .. she’s basking there .. just so beautiful ..

you’re ace !!

Barssel, 2 months ago

Wonderful contrast between the earth and your model, your B&W tones are perfect….........well done.

JenniferB, 2 months ago

What a seriously stunning shot aglaia! Awesome perspective and contrasts between the textures of the soft, smooth flesh and rugged, weathered earth.

psst… I assume this was at a Private beach and not a cut and paste job? lol

xox

Leno, 2 months ago

Where do you find THIS kind of flotsam…..I could only scavenge for washed ashore mussels twixt Altona and PT Cook.
Brilliant image Aglia!xx

etta, 2 months ago

Very nice!

deliriousgirl, 2 months ago

JFC!!!!!!!! This is just the most fabulous thing, sweetcheeks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

raoultiger, 2 months ago

So I guess the engagement is off? Wonderful contrasts. How do you get the model to look so serene while she’s lying on such an uncomfortable looking surface?

aglaia b in reply to Nicole Ryan’s comment, 2 months ago

thanks babe! love your comment and wow, HOLY MOLY we’re both awake and i’ve posted something and you’re the first to comment. you better facour this one! LOL
love ya! xo ;-)

aglaia b in reply to Barssel’s comment, 2 months ago

thank you barssel! you are quite the loyal admirer ;-) xo

aglaia b in reply to JenniferB’s comment, 2 months ago

Thanks my dear!
actually the earth was quite soft to touch that i too had to take my shoes off so i could feel a part of the experience a little better!

psst… I assume this was at a Private beach and not a cut and paste job? lol

this was shot on film and there was only one intruder and he was not game to come closer, thank goodness LOL!
i promise there will be some cut and paste jobs in the future!
much love to you! xox ;-)

aglaia b in reply to Leno’s comment, 2 months ago

flotsam too funny, thanks LENO.
i do have my secret locations LOL! ;-) x

aglaia b in reply to etta’s comment, 2 months ago

thanks etta – me! ;-) xo

aglaia b in reply to deliriousgirl’s comment, 2 months ago

hey thanks, hunny bunny!
xxxxxxxxx ;-)
you know how i get when i see that bold type! LOL

deliriousgirl, 2 months ago

I think the thing that just makes this image is the dichotomy it holds. The model’s white porcelain unmarked unblemished beauty on the rough,craggy, ugly background of the mud. You are just a genius!

aglaia b in reply to raoultiger’s comment, 2 months ago

it was not all that rough actually and it was a little like quick sand, your foot made a deep print as it came in contact with it!
looks can be deceiving hey, the film and medium format really brings out the true detail of the earth!
thanks raoul ;-)

aglaia b in reply to deliriousgirl’s comment, 2 months ago

yes it is quite a contrast between her skin/beauty and the earth.
i love them both! ;-) xox

Mike Paget, 2 months ago

Really striking angle and contrast

mychaelalchemy, 2 months ago

it looks like a dried lake or pond bed, and yes I can see tire marks where she lay. for most photographers who do model work we like to have this juxtaposition of softness and beauty against harsher surroundings and environs. the incongruity of it is what is striking and you have well accomplished it here…another stand out photo!

April Mansilla, 2 months ago

oh you can feel the ache of her being…beautiful emotional work!

aglaia b in reply to April Mansilla’s comment, 2 months ago

thanks april ;-) xo

Rosie Red, 2 months ago

yes this is very cool..it makes me want to write a poem.
:)

aglaia b in reply to Rosie Red’s comment, 2 months ago

you’re so sweet, thank you! ;-) xox

aglaia b in reply to mychaelalchemy’s comment, 2 months ago

i agree totally, thank you mychaelalchemy for your comment. i do appreciate it! ;-)

LittleHelen, 2 months ago

Oh look at that smooth pale skin…really beautiful :)

aglaia b in reply to LittleHelen’s comment, 2 months ago

thanks chicken, i mean helen! LOL ;-) x

Mugsy, 2 months ago

Nice composition and lighting!

aglaia b, 2 months ago

thank you mugsy!

Maureen Bloesch, 2 months ago

I wish I had done, nearly…..................

aglaia b, 2 months ago

LOL thanks maureen! ;-) xoxo

LostBoy, 2 months ago

nice.

pbworks, 2 months ago

the softness and the whiteness of the body are attractive, // opposition with the cracks of the ground, also reinforced by the abandoned pose of the model…

pbworks, 2 months ago

great photo ! I’ve forgotten to tell you ! ;-)

Ata Alishahi, 2 months ago

wow, this is powerfull, well done :)

Sophie Shapiro, 2 months ago

I Nearly Married Twice
As I lay here thinking of you
I can see all my dreams forsaken,
What folly and lust did I reveal?
The journey has been long,
And I still think of you.
The deed was done and my heart still knows
That I Nearly Married Twice….And I Still Love You.

Helen Chierego, 2 months ago

Aglaia, it looks to me like Venus resting after her birth as a fully formed woman. Her head facing toward the viewer reminds me of birth where the viewer becomes the midwife ready to receive all that is facing them. The contrasts in tone and also smooth and rough; skin and cracked earth give the image strength.

Kain White, 2 months ago

Nice work. Interesting title.

David Barnes, 2 months ago

This is a very powerful image. The high contrast landscape is so powerful against the soft almost featureless skin. Wow.

Stephen Chapple, 2 months ago

Perfect tones, amazing barren landscape, so well composed!

botticcelli, 2 months ago

well..Helen Chierego did a great comment about this..i’m so very agree with it…your concepts are beautifuly great ones!

aglaia b in reply to LostBoy’s comment, 2 months ago

thank matey! i appreciate it! ;-)

aglaia b in reply to pbworks’s comment, 2 months ago

yes this location is just grand for this sort of stuff i like.
thanks for your comment ;-) xo

aglaia b in reply to Ata Alishahi’s comment, 2 months ago

thanks ata, much appreciated! ;-) xo

aglaia b in reply to Sophie Shapiro’s comment, 2 months ago

ooooh sophie what lovely words you write!
THANK YOU! ;-) xo

aglaia b in reply to Helen Chierego’s comment, 2 months ago

oh thank you sooooooo much helen.
big hugs and song
for you. ;-) xo

Persimmon, 2 months ago

wouldn’t be very comfortable..but it is a great shot

aglaia b in reply to Kain White’s comment, 2 months ago

thank you so much kain!
;-) xo

aglaia b in reply to David Barnes’s comment, 2 months ago

thanks david, i really appreciate your comments!
loving your new posts by the way! great work.
sometimes i feel the need to shoot different things, then i see people like you and think nah, keep doing what i’m doing! LOL ;-)

aglaia b in reply to Stephen Chapple’s comment, 2 months ago

thanks stephen! ;-) xo

aglaia b in reply to botticcelli’s comment, 2 months ago

thank you dear rafael!
helen is a very intelligent woman, we could all learn a thing or two from her. ;-) xo

aglaia b in reply to Persimmon’s comment, 2 months ago

thank you!
much appreciated! ;-) xo

botticcelli, 2 months ago

sounds great!..i bet she is!

blamo, 2 months ago

Another great sense of what might bhave been for me in this image sharp as anything A1

aglaia b in reply to blamo’s comment, 2 months ago

thanks a2!
love your abstract mind and works! ;-)

Helen Chierego, 2 months ago

Agalia, thank you for the ‘song’ -I remember it well! It put a smile on my face. Haven’t heard it in quite a while. lol lol lol

T Design London, 2 months ago

Beautiful work as always.

tarsel, 2 months ago

Great shot!!

Paul Vanzella, 2 months ago

I love everythign about this image from the concept to the style in which it is shot… Great, great piece of art for me!

aglaia b, 2 months ago

hey matey, thanks for your comment! ;-) xox

Antanas, 2 months ago

superb

ADMarshall, 2 months ago

Third time lucky…fantastic tone in this shot – great addition to your work AB

aglaia b in reply to Antanas’s comment, 2 months ago

thank you so much antanas!

aglaia b in reply to ADMarshall’s comment, 2 months ago

thank you my little loyal one, hope you are well! ;-) xo

pinkyjain, 2 months ago

Stunning vision, so very beautiful

karldenton, 2 months ago

Beautiful shot… medium format… a photographer after my own heart :~)

Michael Gatch, 2 months ago

I loooove black and white and this is great.

aglaia b in reply to pinkyjain’s comment, about 1 month ago

thank you again! am so glad you are enjoying my work and cheers for all the favs too! ;-) x

aglaia b in reply to karldenton’s comment, about 1 month ago

ooh that is nice, thanks!
you have so much work in your gallery, i can’t wait to have a closer look. ;-)

aglaia b in reply to Michael Gatch’s comment, about 1 month ago

yeah i know, b+w rocks!
thanks for your comment michael. ;-)

Dalton Sayre, about 1 month ago

As a babe in Gaia’s cold cradle she lay
A child of sand and sky
Peace washes clean her innocent soul
Beauty to bring tears to the eye
Her bed of the earth, rough not to her
On the wind her soul doth fly
Never will I forget the image of her
Never even will I try

A truely soft and beautiful image!

David Iori, about 1 month ago

Great Black and White Film Shot , I like the 6X6 format and ILford’s great Film, Great Work

aglaia b in reply to Dalton Sayre’s comment, about 1 month ago

you’re wicked man!
thank you so much for the poem, i really love it! ;-) x

aglaia b in reply to David Iori’s comment, about 1 month ago

thank you so much david! ;-)

Glenn Alderson, about 1 month ago

Great contrast with the landscape. Love the POV!

aglaia b, about 1 month ago

thanks glenn! ;-)

Dalton Sayre, about 1 month ago

Do with it what you will, your work was my inspiration.

aglaia b in reply to Dalton Sayre’s comment, about 1 month ago

thanks dalton, i really love it so i’ve added it to the side of the work.
cheers mate! ;-)

coffeetea, about 1 month ago

very beauutiful one!

Peter Evans, about 1 month ago

Absolutely stunning work!!!!!!!!!!

Roscoe Davis III, about 1 month ago

beautiful

Tony Middleton, about 1 month ago

fantastically executed concept – I like it ! :)

theyellowfury, about 1 month ago

I had to have a look at it upside down. Its fkn savage.
I was thinking of getting a 35mm SLR. Instead of your nine grand sort of adequate digital job or the heap of shit one I have now I could have box with a load of silver helide in it do an excellent job for about a hundred yokes, plus some wierd arcane ritual they do over it in a shop in town for about a tenner.
And isn’t HDR a load of shit too?
Anyway I love this photo, there’s a lot in it.

aglaia b in reply to theyellowfury’s comment, about 1 month ago

And isn’t HDR a load of shit too?
this has given me a most wonderful little giggle! thank you yellowfury
and your box with a load of Ag halide sounds so magical to me. i think that would be 100 yokes very well spent. the ritual for only a tenner sounds like music to my ears! ;-) xox

artist4peace, about 1 month ago

absolutely stunning…..........

Noureddine EL ..., about 1 month ago

Sculptural !

ltruskett, about 1 month ago

Stunning work Aglaia….......the contrast between the beauty of the skin and the harsh earth is really arresting.

neogolas, 27 days ago

Gorgeous texture,she’s beautiful.

ToastedGhost, 25 days ago

Innocence and beauty laid bare
upon earth encrusted surface
Cool

uncle foo man woo, 19 days ago

your a master mwatey =]

50mm, 17 days ago

Amazing work, again!

LisaB entity, 5 days ago

GORGEOUS STRIKING MODEL AND IMAGE GREAT COMP