A dedication; to the multitalented and super sexy vixen Jacqueline Gwynne AKA heroine.
This portrait was shot using a pentax K1000 and lLford black and white film and printed in the dark room the conventional way using high contrast filters and techniques such as dodging and burning.

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And she looks so relieved!
LOL, never happy!
thanks adam;-) xox
– aglaia b
Oh, i love this one very much !!
.. so incredibly evocative .. !!
It really sets my mind off in so many directions which i just love – so inspiring ..
(there goes my creative writing mind .. zoooooom off it goes ready to write !!)
you’re so gorgeous and i’m so happy after having read your comment!
thanks ;-) xox
– aglaia b
She looks like she’s wearing a crown of thorns. Good balance and contrast.
Great image girl!
crown of thorns how cool and what a great title that could have been.
where are you when i need you! lol
thanks jack jack jacki, ooops sorry, i agree bad song! ;-) xox
– aglaia b
my preferred model ;-)
thanks andreas, well she did have a ring on her finger from a german man and lived there too for a while. now they have parted! ;-) xox
– aglaia b
well it goes without saying you take a great photo – I hope their were enough bathrooms this time…
hahahha, we carried a bucket, just in case!
thank you! ;-)
psst how is that work of yours going? ;-) xox
– aglaia b
I get a haughty allusiveness that says ring you might get but it does not encapsulate my soul…..
but hey, I’m often wrong…..XO
well this time you are spot on!
thanks so much, sweet lisa g ;-) xox
– aglaia b
I’m right here when you need me, I don’t move very far Ag Ag Aglaia…
It’s the worst song ever!! How could they do that to my name!!
LOL! yes your poor name!
i love what you have done to mine up ☝, for Ag is the symbol for the chemical element silver. its compounds are used in photographic film. ;-) xox ♥
– aglaia b
C~ooooooooooooooooooooooooooo~L
thanks simon! ;-) xox
– aglaia b
well, I don’t give away rings. that often. or so. and yes a crown of thorns. I can see that. great capture.
LOL, remember jen wants to make you her future husband. that requires a ring yes? hehe ;-) xox
– aglaia b
oh, she’s going to marry Tom Waits, or Lou Reed, or well, cannot remember…
lou reed, lol, no mention of tom waits, yet!
oh and a blow up doll.
i do miss her, she is the life of the party! ;-) xox
– aglaia b