nearly married twice

Artist: aglaia b
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nearly married twice

This image was shot using a
mamiya 220 camera (3X3 medium format) and Agfa Scala black and white slide 120 roll film.

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

words by Dalton Sayre

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PJ Ryan

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 !!
aglaia b replied

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 ;-)
~ Ademac

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

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

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
aglaia b replied

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 ;-)
Leno

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
aglaia b replied

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

Very nice!
aglaia b replied

thanks etta – me! ;-) xo
deliriousgirl

JFC!!!!!!!! This is just the most fabulous thing, sweetcheeks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
aglaia b replied

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

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 replied

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 ;-)
deliriousgirl

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 replied

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

Really striking angle and contrast
mychaelalchemy

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!
aglaia b replied

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

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

thanks april ;-) xo
Rosie Red

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

you’re so sweet, thank you! ;-) xox
LittleHelen

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

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

Nice composition and lighting!
aglaia b

thank you mugsy!
Maureen Bloesch

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

LOL thanks maureen! ;-) xoxo
LostBoy

nice.
aglaia b replied

thank matey! i appreciate it! ;-)
Pascale Baud

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…
aglaia b replied

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

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

wow, this is powerfull, well done :)
aglaia b replied

thanks ata, much appreciated! ;-) xo
Sophie Shapiro

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.
aglaia b replied

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

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.
aglaia b replied

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

Nice work. Interesting title.
aglaia b replied

thank you so much kain!
;-) xo
David Barnes

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

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 ;-)
Steve Chapple

Perfect tones, amazing barren landscape, so well composed!
aglaia b replied

thanks stephen! ;-) xo
botticcelli

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

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

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

thank you!
much appreciated! ;-) xo
botticcelli

sounds great!..i bet she is!
blamo

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

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

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

Beautiful work as always.
tarsel

Great shot!!
Paul Vanzella

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

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

superb
aglaia b replied

thank you so much antanas!
ADMarshall

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

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

Stunning vision, so very beautiful
aglaia b replied

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

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

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

I loooove black and white and this is great.
aglaia b replied

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

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!
aglaia b replied

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

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

thank you so much david! ;-)
Glenn Alderson

Great contrast with the landscape. Love the POV!
aglaia b

thanks glenn! ;-)
Dalton Sayre

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

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

very beauutiful one!
Peter Evans

Absolutely stunning work!!!!!!!!!!
Roscoe Davis III

beautiful
Tony Middleton

fantastically executed concept – I like it ! :)
theyellowfury

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 replied

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

absolutely stunning…..........
Noureddine EL ...

Sculptural !
ltruskett

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

Gorgeous texture,she’s beautiful.
ToastedGhost

Innocence and beauty laid bare
upon earth encrusted surface
Cool
Phineous Cas...

your a master mwatey =]
50mm

Amazing work, again!
LisaB entity

GORGEOUS STRIKING MODEL AND IMAGE GREAT COMP
Crawford

Great Shot!
Kirbo

This is beautiful !
irish79

dark and coldly sensual,, thanks for this, i love it.. black and white is beautiful..
LadyFire

marvelous work!
TextureoftheSin

Her eyes make it for me – love your choice of location
Jeremy Baum

sensual and jaw-droppingly seductive.
François Nasica

I love it
Sinéad Costello

Fantastic image – so many interpretations spring to mind!
John Luarca

Good day to you! I hope it’s alright that i have featured you and your work in my blog; 10 Amazing Artists in RedBubble . Thank you very much. Keep on.
aglaia b replied

how fantastic, thanks very much fountainhead! ;-) xox
deepbluwater

I added this unforgettable image to my favorites recently without commenting and I’d like to tell you it is still just blowing me away! her vulnerability against the the dry, cracked earth and the look on her face, the angle and the black & white – just amazing. -I had quite a time choosing just one to favorite out of your amazing portfolio.
and now I’ve been kindly informed that I’ve been replying to comments on my work incorrectly and you may not have seen my thanks to you, Aglaia, for your kinds words about my work the other day. Yikes! the new-to-redbubble in me is so showing! all this to say I LOVE your work & thanks so much for stopping by and having a look at mine!! ;)
Louise LeGresley

Your whole gallery is stunning…. a beautiful celebration of women… :)
3XEternity

Beautiful Poem and imagery!
RajeevKashyap

Beautiful work