The Dissociates

So thats what your thinking ! Nice

i think you already know how brilliant i think this is paul…......b

Very nice Paul.

Hi Paul

well no need to tell you what i think at all . . . .very cleaver and interesting . . . well it makes me smile

Excellent, at first glance, it looks like a simple shot, but, on closer inspection, and after I managed to tear my eyes away from the girl, I noticed there are other things going on. Can’t believe the guy is looking out the window, is he gay? (and before anyone starts thinking I am homophobic, I am not, I’m only asking a question).

Wonderful as always. All your creations make you think …

very nice use of color and lighting here – Powerful image with plenty of mystery…

freaky cool

So, is her boyfriend standing outside the window? Great image Paul :)

Paul . . .WOW
You are a photo God! winking at ya
The title is so clever, The Dissociates as it fits the emotional tone of this artograph.

I love that there are so many visual and interpretative layers to be experienced within this image.
I love the cool blue hues and the way the light is filtering in through the window.
The stoic/apathetic facial expressions are very interesting too.

You stir the imagination in such mysterious ways . . .

I ADORE YOU

PEACE and LIGHT
j a e d a

ditto (to all above)... wonderful work and brilliant pp work – as usual!

Wow! This speaks powerfully to me about emotions on the floor and leaking out the door ….words spent and nothing more to say.

Attentions elewhere, focus shifted…...

The routines so familiar the detail is lost…..

A relationship ended.

Beautiful, poignant work.

wow this is brilliant!

stunning picture…there are so many emotions pouring ofrth from this

good stuff

That could be me after my prostate op :-)

Brilliant stuff Paul.

kev

kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk cbvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv (that is from Miles the cat).. Great image, love the colour space, the setting and the open narrative. The finer details really make this image for me. The bouncing light creates a wonderful dreamlike atmosphere.

Outstanding creation,, Perfectly done!!

Great work Paul. Well done.

two people…worlds apart…but with so much they could tell each other….a masterpeice

babe this is awesome

Fantastic creation! Well done!

Maybe they’re waiting for the neighbours to come over and join in? ;-)

Love it so much!!! Can feel the tension i n the air!!

Just a wonderful piece makes you wonder what is going on!! AS IT SHOULD!

Would love to know what was out the window that had both of your attention…..
Just like a movieset scene…...and love how you treated this :)

Love the story here Paul, what is wrong with that guy!!! is he blind? what’s out the window that is more interesting to him? Terrific work.

Perfect Title here Paul and the tones are a masterpiece as always. Cannot imagine what is out that window, but must be one hell of a site! Great Work as always. you keep me guessing and never fail to amaze!

This would only be right Paul if there was a sequel and an answer to the question, is she a former girlfriend that’s now a ghost temptress?.. You always leave us wondering…lol

powerful imagery you have here.

This is a very interesting image, Paul. The model looks transfixed and mannequin-like…....and she has such an interesting face….....love her….... You, on the other hand, have such a relaxed, casual pose…....and look very smart in your suit…........ quite the executive. You are hardly two peas in a pod….!!!!! lol ….....which is what makes this exciting (one wonders what the hell you two are doing together…........!!!.) The room you are both in is mysterious and makes you peer into it’s dark corners. This works on so many levels….........a credit to you.

beautiful dreamy shot, the light and touches of colour are fantastic…..and the sense of open narrative, well done!!

Very clever Paul,translucent and ponders the viewer to wonder whats going on…well done !!

Love the lighting looks so magical! And the reflections on the floor…Everything is brilliant! Great art direction!

Oh so much being said here…There is an intimacy to their sterility. Compelling image.

That’s very different Paul. Really makes you look and try to figure out what is going on. I love the way your processing makes the dress so satiny and dreamy too. Fabulous concept

I love the light in this one Paul, and much that dissociation stands out in this image. Great capture.

That non commital gaze, as if something much more important was happening elsewhere, gets the viewer questioning… just perfect! :D

very powerful image,superb lighting and details…......I wonder,both looking out the window,what’s there to see ??

Mr V.
Intellectual & Sophisticated Art.
Brilliant Set-up.
Layers upon layers upon layers of narrative, in which the art speaks in so many tongues.
A frozen moment, intriguing in it’s guise.

I think everyone else has said what has to be said fantastic paul your a credit to the world of photography x

fantastic work….....your are a true artist …i have spent 5 minutes trying to find a single fault from light ,shadows,colours and anything that shouldnt be there …...but faultless…..

If you ever make a film Paul, I’m going Gold Class

This is one of the best images I have seen on RB so far and I am not pissing in your pocket.

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very good stuff
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Now… this is why you are the Master Paul : ) Bravo! Wen x

excellent, such mood and style

Hi Paul. Fantastic! Enigmatic and Multilayered. Love it!

Think the husband has just arrived home guess that’s the end of that !! lovely work again here Paul love the use of subdued light and colours

brilliant image and concept your model reminds me of heather mcartney

Mmm..this absolutely has the signature VZ treatment, but the setting itself was unexpected.

I find the apple with the single slice cut from it and the French press intriguing. Don’t know why. I love the luminescent sheen to her skirt. I didn’t even notice at first that she was baring a breast, since the lines of it do not protrude out of her profile in any way to draw attention to it. Subtle. Nice touch. Sexy in a strangely sad way because both figures are looking out the window, disconnected from each other yet sharing the same space.

Wonderful work again, Paul! Great concept, lighting, colour. You really feel like you have just stepped through the door and are observing a private moment that has a long and sad story behind it.

excellent Paul… I keep looking to the right…trying to see the next “page” as there must be something incredible over there. And once again wonderful subtle yet solid colours.

The way you work with light is terrific. I have tried to experiment with this lighting concept before, I know how difficult it can be. Well done! :D

Fantastic Paul….must be some VERY interesting action happeneing outside!!!

Wow, I miss all the best stuff when I take off for the beach! Great setup Paul, love the way you’ve used the light here, and the way that everything POINTS to the light as well! Very cinematic!

did he keep looking out the window all the time? love the work and the feel, Paul.

Breakfast in the Vanzella house can be a complicated matter when Pauls sister Pauline comes to visit. Thankfully the hospital ensure she has adequate medication to stop her climbing the walls and her special jacket with the extra long huggy arms is never far away.
This visit was different, Mrs V had to go and see her mother leaving Paul to master the roll of Man of the house. It is not going well, firstly there was an argument over what type of eggs to cook. Paul likes boiled while Pauline likes poached! today it resulted in Pauline hurling the raw eggs out of the window! unfortunately Paul had just closed the window because of a nasty draught. Both now stare frostily at the mess on the window daring the other to comment and start world war three.
Then there’s the coffee Pauline likes hers like she likes her men… strong and black! while Paul insists on adding a large tumbler of vodka to each cup of the morning elixir, claiming that a semi coma is the only way he can survive the breakfast table and Paulines company.
Ahhhh yes indeed Happy Families.

The title says it all! Amazing lighting and characters. Incredible, as if I have stepped into the middle of a movie and don’t know what’s going on. Guess I’ll just have to wait and see if I can pick up the plot after the next few frames!

Whatever it is, they are both looking at it – and she cannot captivate him anymore, yet another of the things he enjoys for a time, then moves on with his busy day – He’s sipped the coffee, had a bit of the apple, some cheese, and a bit of a squeeze, now he needs to leave. Flavors lingering briefly, but the taste is gone, and he contemplates how boring his life has become, and contemplates the senselessness, and now wonders how he ever got here. He has taken absolutely everything for granted, acknowledges no-one, and attributes his success to his simply being awesome… Yet here he sits, unimpressed and pathetic… Why she stays with him is yet another story…

oh what can I say!

you are one cool customer

Thought provoking! Interesting image with a a variety of interpretations that can be construed…

Very tense Mr V (Love your suit) !

This is fantastic Paul…Love how she wants to be noticed by anyone because he doesnt see her any more…but she will still do anything for him…
She looks so sad and wants to scream LOOK AT ME…but he isnt listening..

Also love how she looks like she is starting to disappear from the feet up…

Wondeful job!

l’ve just had to come back for a second look this picture is intrigueing ! l say what would she want with an 80 year old insurance salesman anyway ! she can do much better {her husband must be pretty yucky to look at if she wants him ! Love how your art always tells a story and l have to keep coming back with different scenario’s

OMFG!! I know I had something brilliantly insightful to say on this piece but I made the mistake at stopping and reading Andrew’s interpretation and now all my words have flown out the window… I’m sure they make a pretty addition to those eggs you and your lady friend are looking at Paul ;)

The lighting is absolutely awesome, gives a real ethereal feeling. Great job.

what an awesome, thought provoking image Paul – more questions than answers – excellent!

Tremendously intriguing. Leaves one asking a lot of questions. Who are they? What’s their story? What holds their attention? Why her right breast hangs out?

So much to like about it.
Superb!

I like it…

Wonderful comp and of course lighting Paul and I adore they way they seem transfixed by something out of sight…a visual delight;)

Great concept, perfectly executed :))

Is he ignoring her?
Does he know she’s there?

Another thinker Paul! Very cool.

hi Paul… such a good work… good idea… good models… good shoot… 4 sure good photographer as well

awesome paul.

This is a really thought provoking image… do we spend far too much time in our own world? So much that we miss the world around us? This is my interperatation. As always, you have presented this wonderfully with your top notch grasp of lighting and processing. EXCELLENT! Oh, and the suit! Ok, I’ll stop there… i’m in danger of falling out of my own world ;-)

Spectacular use of everything Paul! Fabulous result and the previous comments sure sum up a lot of the interesting issues that such imagery is likely to generate. Congratulations and can we please have some more…?

How Wonderful Paul. Great Image
M:>

Masterpiece!

well done

You look awesome there Paul…fantastic work and such a strong story line!

David Lynch dropped by to say he digs this, too. Very mysterious and beguiling…lush color, great breasts…the man is very attractive and sly…........

Beautiful work, lovely processing!

=)

so cool~

Fab

This is one of the most intriging photos I have seen in such a long time!!! Awesome stuff!!

Came by to look again to see if anything changed, but I see the standoff persists! David Lynch is outside, lurking with Jan Saudek…..I am there, too.

Wow, what a fantastic piece of work! Thanks for sharing it with the world!
Perfect lighting!
A+++

Great work, and sadly too true.

Putting aside that this is a visually stunning image, with its light and shades and the setting is entirely just right.

My immediate reaction aside from the above – was. They are associated; sharing in the same focal point. Their shared stare outside/outward emphasises: he in his suit, perhaps gaining his sense of self from a business world, she with her gorgeous physicality baring her sense of self.

I’d like to see a follow up to this, of a look of recognition……that their dissociation comes from the same misguided place.

hehehe too cool! lovely work on this one I love the colouring

I am really enjoying your work. Your idea of the frame is clean but always very alive-active-elements transforming or sliding toward transformation. And here that is palpable to great impact, like the moments before the high point in a symphony. Great stuff. And of course all this is so masterfully realized by you. You have a great eye. —Tim

Had to have another look ….still the best

Wow, awesome image. I love the colour in this. The subject seriously draws you in too. Really cool Paul

Paul this tells a real story, I love it!

She thought there would be more. He’s thought there would be less.
They were both wrong. The food curdles in their guts. She has left, heart first, feet second , while he is thinks about the next sales call. Next…
Very provocative image. Well done.
Peace,
Sass

just found out who the models are…......didn’t recognise her…....once again…....outstanding work

PERFECT LIGHTING!!!! NICE AND CREEPY

it’s a stunner, Paul! love the title that starts up a story

i stiil think this is the best image on buuble you can look at this for ages you just seem to get lost in it as so much is going on…..

Lighting is sensual, dreamy . . . this is interesting to look at. Draws the audience into the scene mentally. I like it very much.

i love the way you lighted certain elements in this photo.how softly her shirt glides off her shoulder..how the man glances at the window not a the beauty beside him…. is that an apple on her plate or another round fruit?the glows in the background is so precise on your part, entering different textures into the pic. this is sheer brilliance !—-chappel

I haven’t been able to get this image out of my mind tho I admit I’ve not been trying very hard!! It is beyond memorable -so well thought out and stunningly gorgeous to look at while engaging the mind on many levels. And does my mind deceive or are you wearing athletic shoes and about to run?..... Disassociates indeed, and we are left to wonder if they were ever truly “associates” and what forces acted upon them to bring them to this dislocated place. brilliant image Paul…

you are a true artist for sure you have some amazing images …......i will watch with wonder …kev