Anguished

you’re too lovely Kathleen, it’s a great way to start a Monday morning with you on here…x

xx :-0 i love the chair too.

Gorgeous Jessica! Love the lighting, in fact the scene reminds me of old world, but I’m sharply brought back to the present by the way the anguished girl is dressed. Great mix of emotions.

What`s not to love here? Amazing scene, beautifully light, and grainy emotive postwork…

awesome image – sense of despair

GOOD WORK!!!

Great image Jessica

Reminds me of a a lady or two i have know to have had a few too many. ;)

Lovely shot. Great mood and comp.

Love the line from the mirror, down the chair and across the girl. Great texture as well.

I love the emotion in this one Jessica, it delivers a feeling of being alone, helpless and lost. Beautiful props, pose and lighting, well done:)

Love the painterly quality of this image. The pose is beautiful and the textures in your image sublime!

Impressive shot Jessica.
I love it when image makers take risks and present a photo which portrays a disturbing or puzzling image.
I’ts almost like a photo of despair or defeat for me.
Nice to see some shade amongst some of the more brighter or happy snaps around the bubble..

Click on!
-Leith

The Title tells the whole story Jessica. 10/10 from me.
R

Terrific lighting, composure and colours. Great shot.

I like images that tell some kind of story, and you’ve done very well with this one.

Great shot Jessica!

Thank you so much to everyone…I’m wrapped you like it….xxx

reminds me of how one feels when their heart has been crushed, very emotive piece jessica :)

So in love with this!

I love the mood of it and the colour

I love this work of art I have looked at about 20 times now.

Beautiful work, Jessica!

superb image…...

Really like the feel of this image.

very nice image… feels so hopeless, disappointed…sad….

Dunno why I never saw this one Jess!!!!! It’s just as emotional as Anguished II. Funny, though … for me this would be the second in the series … it seems after the other, but only because of the way I read the emotions for them :) :) I love these Jess, they are really well thought out :)

Thanks Craig :) I didn’t really think too much about line of order on these, but thanks for pointing it out, love to get some constructive critisiscm occasionally.

this is quite devestating, and equally as beautiful. amazing…

hi jess..
caitlin told me to look up at all your work.. pretty good stuff .) really like the whole idea of this website as well..so thought i might sign up .) must say this photo is my fav though.. very emotional very romantic very dark. .)) we should all do some work together .)

Thanks Tane,
i’m sure you’ll feel right at home here pretty quickly. It’s a very supportive and friendly place. ...

This is a passionate and honest shot that i stared at for long moments… in compassion and empathy, in fraternity. I have kept track of your work but somehow missed this piece.
You are valuable. you are gifted. i hope that your sadness does not cripple you as it has, many times, crippled me and many of those i love. Some of whom i have lost. the funniest fucker i have ever known included. miss him still, weird bastard.
i have chronic bipolar… but it is better now than it has been since it first swept me into the cold as a strange wild/solemn boy.
i wish for hope for you; in your despair from where i see you in the stark beauty here… you are beautiful, and this too shall pass. or at least its nature will CHANGE.

thank you for yur courage in posting this and other works matching its passion and veracity.

i have tried to be as honest. i hope i am.

paul
home-page is www.paudrobertson.com if you care to see and read and listen.

Paul, what a lovely hearfelt and honest comment. Thank you so much for your thoughts and time to write them, it’s hugely appreciated.

Beauty and passion should be acknowleged, here more perhaps than anywhere else. so. you are welcome indeed.

hey jessica, i reckon this is one of my alltime fave shots on RB…its exactly how i feel after a long days or nights work!...& its just cool without being in your face yet sexy…just love it:)

Thanks Ange, that means so much coming from you…x

ahhh jessica, im just like you or anybody here…i do what i love:) xx

just so you know hon:) i teach what i love & am vey lucky i just fell into it, i never imagined lecturing…..i saw an add wanting lecturers 7yrs ago with no experince teaching in photography at kvb & went for it, i was a kid myself at 26 teaching! but im still there now & that led to other lecturing at sydney uni & so many other opportunities….

people love my work at gallery openings etc (but i dont sell big, sometimes if at all!) unless im commissioned to do a peice…& having exhibitions in the places i know i’ll get noticed is either very expensive (i cant afford to) or i’d get knocked back for being too different, alternative, not established, whatever…& ive never had media reviews so huuuuuuuuuuuuuge credit to you for getting noticed for your incredible work jessica as that comes from the heart & doing what ‘you love’.

it’s amazing how things just fall into your lap at the right time isn’t it?
thanks for taking the time to write such an in depth comment. It’s fascinating how everyone here is from so many varied backgrounds…

i agree, i think opportunities also come when you’re ready:) it is fascinating to see so many varied creative backgrounds here…i love supporting creativity.

I love how much emotion you have captured with this photograph!

Thanks for all the comments and favorites you’ve added Kyle, I feel really flattered

I agree, this is an awesome piece. It made me smile to see that there is not picture in the picture frame above her. I like that, adds meaning that may or may not be intended.

Thanks TorkianMan….

...& this shot i can just come back to over & over jessica. love it.

you’re such a darling Ange, thank you so much x

lovely shot, you cought something here,many feelings.It remainds me Italian or French cinema from 1970’s .

Thanks so much Andy, that’s such a huge compliment. :)

excellent capture….. love how you captured the atmosphere! great shot!

Thanks ocularis, I had no idea this would be my most popular image on RB, but I’m quite proud of it myself now too.:)

Hi Jessica, this is an incredible shot, you have a great talent for photography! well done… :)

thanks stetoye

Marvelous darling!

Yes….what everyone else said :-)....beautiful

thanks Christina and TopsyKretts

LOL!!!!! Boy, do i know the feeling!!!!!!! Great work!!!!

Amazing….i can almost feel her pain! I love it!

It is strikingly thought provoking and visually stimulating.

Did I mention already that I really like this? I’ve always loves the timelessness of those chairs. Coupled with the intense pose, you go girl!

Beautiful work

Oh!!!, By the way….......that model with the DYNAMITE body doesn’t hurt your fantastic artistic interpretation either, Jessica!!!!!!! (That’s a compliment) LOL!!!!!

thanks a bunch you guys

Beautiful! Sensual, full of mystery and intrigue.

A perfectly constructed shot. I would like to see this in a series.
I feel like her surroundings have become tiresome, she feels anxiety about the world around her.

Love this image so much Jessica – keep coming back to it… Great light – love it!

Great composition, story and color use.:) lovin it

unforgettable image. awesome work!

I love the sense of drama in this shot. Beautifully done!

Thanks kindly for all your supportive comments

Wow Jess! Brilliant title….you can take so much from this! Leaves you wondering….

fantastic lighting!!!!

thank you all for your gorgeous comments, i’m so chuffed this has done so well

love it. hope you are not still sad.

wow..touching shot…beautiful composition jessica

There’s such a contrast between the two elements here – the girl, presumably young and obviously distraught, and the stately antique which seems utterly indifferent (mostly because it is an antique).
I find myself imagining that this was Nana’s favourite chair, and the girl is longing for the simpler happier days of childhood.

Superb! Another skilled composition, model direction and lighting choice.

Such a feeling of complete hopelessness. Complete despair. Well done Real emotion.

Moving! You can feel her anguish

ooh…well captured

Captivating image. Excellent job, Jessica!

Excellent shot

Emotive work, great colors and strong feelings! great work!

Lovely work,,love the tonality !!!!

Fantastic, moody, brilliant and beyond expressive.
I feel like this everyday! There’s a piece of everybody in this photo.
Magnificent lighting & olive hues here…

Such nice work.

Fantastic! Like a still from a movie or a classic painting. great colours, lighting, composition. Really great work Jessica!

There is always so much class in your work Jess….you really are talented!

I cant believe I hadn’t commented on this. Its such a cool image! It really conveys such emotion. I love the tones you’ve used in this too. Very cool

Nice work & full of emotion

Jess, I just came back to this one and I just noticed how the hand tilts.
I love this image. Truly amazing.

Great expression, fantastic work!

like that chair and light is great!

like the grain/noise

love this shot, the composition and tones are great, very thought provoking.

Looks like she had a bad day at the office! Great shot!

Such a pleasure to watch a dazzling mind at work… both with words and images… and so incredibly prolific… what an artist!

nice one well done

A stunning piece of work, it provokes emotion on so many different levels…..empathy being the foremost with me.

i LOVE HOW U REALLY CAPTURE THE EMOTION…I CAN FEEL WHAT SHE IS FEELING.

this is stunning…it reflects so many times in my life….bravo

A superb piece of work. Very thought-provoking.

great work!!

Beautiful image. Very nice light and colours.

This one is very nice.

she was drug.

I absolutely love this Jessica. How did I miss this one. Its amazing.
Brilliant doll

That’s beautiful!

this capture is strong, deep and pure with emotion absolutely love it
beautiful angle, soft textures, great use of lighting just outstanding, well done

fantastic composition and lovely colouring work

Nicely posed, beautifully framed and lit, very nice.

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The call you made on the tones is what makes this image for me and give it credibility. Great job.

Understated tones, dramatic composition, class work.

fantastic use of lighting, well done and i can say that yout portfolio is absouletly amaming, well done

Outstanding!!! I have no words!....this on top of a top notch portfolio (I agree with christian above). Amazing work!

i really love this image .. it’s ambiguity .. so poetic ..

you’re extremely talented Jessica .. i’ve been enjoying looking through your work.

......You can just Feel the Flop!

yeah .. anguish .. or drunk and sleepy? I prefer it that way :)

just wow!

A great capture,the way you have captured the image could be seen as a number of different
things that lead her to this position (situation) in her life. Very powerfull image

this is brilliant…i love it

incredible

WOW…that’s Brilliant!!

Absolutely Fantastic!!!

this is an amzingly captured shot! I would love to have created a photo like this, if I had the equipment and the guts lol.

Dramatic and enchanting i love the slight blur and noise adds to the grainy context

stop making me jelaous its really annoying now! :)

hahaha! thank you sillypants. :)

yes i am a sillypants. sometimes my silly pants really annoy me. send your stuff to rolling stone i reckon, you’d make it!!! holy crap you should be living in england or the u.s. the art scene in australia is crap. maybe it might change with k.rudd. who knows. you should base yourself in a vibrant crazy place! i guess melb is the arts hub for aus. tangent from “you are”. hahaha.

ok. thank you sillyskirt

Awesome work! Please consider submitting this to Moody and Evocative

great framing and composition.
love this image

Brilliant.

Amazing!

Milan

So impressive !

just Beautiful and Powerful….love the feeling of this…and the way you have captured the emotion here! xxx

Please consider adding this (and other groovy images) to Retro Conglomerate xox

very nice idea !!!