Good Sister, Bad Sister

Very cool – love the sense of space. Cool lounge too!!

So which one is bad, that is the one I want to get to know – hehehe

so strange hahah

Fantastic work, I particularly like the elements of both good and bad depicted in both women…_we are good and bad…_

Great stylising….love the tones and shadow play on the wall….

Another winner Paul.
I like the subtle shadows in the bg.

fantastic..great shadow in the bk..another masterpeice

really love this! great work, fantastic idea

big hello wave from Sydney Paul! this is beautiful work ….......

great contrast,but one does have a sense of badness in the good sister also!! great work folks!

great work!

Fabulous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

great work Paul!

Bravo! what a story told in a single phot…love it!

Which One’s Which? Love this! A sort of yin yang feel. Love the composition with the space and shadows

i agree with cdwork also the size of the wall space in the shot and texture really makes this image stand out

The work is fantastic.. Then it leads you to ponder.. What behavior makes you bad.. emmm I think it is telling the men that they will not be able to figure it out anyway.. LOL.. What brain we have flees when we view beauty like this.. Bravo..

excellent work great set up and styling love it

Soooooo movie like!
Maybe it’s your sense of styling and framing that give this piece an edge…
The girls look great and the story thats brewing from this image is… raising eyebrows!! :D

another awesome image! just love the tones and textures… outstanding!

Love the new image :) I has to click on it as soon as I saw the thumbnail :)

COOL RULES ( ; – ))

Good work Paul – it makes me wonder if the title shouldn’t have been “Bad Sister, Naughtier Sister”

Or what you gotta do to keep your job at RB
( ; – ))

All that wall? Okay, I know it’s odd to notice the wall… but… All that wall? Why does that work so powerfully? It shouldn’t. It’s negative space. I know… I’m the only one who noticed the wall, so not only is it NOT distracting, it is ingeniously balancing. All of that stuff going on in the bottom and you can get away with anything at the top. In fact it introduces one of your signature color washes giving the whole thing a fluorescent balance. The color is cool, which reinforces the rocking coolness of the ladies. ZOWIE! You reeled us in again.

I love this.

More like uptight and hangling loose :)

Love how the one sister apears so constrained with that bra and so caught up in an adult world where the other is so relxed and childlike.

A commentary on how being ‘grown up’ can stifle the playfulness?

I like how you leave the viewer to make up their own mind as to which is ‘good’ and which is ‘bad’.

The composition is of your usual superb standard.

Nice stylin in this one Paul. Well done to all involved!

I agree!! Hats off to all of you (not that I really wear hats) Top notch quality image Paul.

Love everything about this!!!

“super” cool shot! Love the eroticism behind this image!

Amazing shot Paul, but then I love all your girlie iimages! Oh to choose, naughty girl or librarian!!!! Mmmmmmmm…

I can’t decide which one is the good sister and which one is the bad… love the wall and the furniture and their colours.

The essence of chic and cool – tension, contrast, a story, great composition – LOVE IT!!!!

Hmmmmm.
Which is which?

Great image, Paul. But which is the bad one.

great capture!
love the composition and poses

Wow Wow Wow! I LOVEEE This Paul! M:>:>

great shot

amazing composition and scene – and somebody mentioned it some comments earlier – yes, the big wall space does a great job on the look and feel of the photo. gorgeous!

Hi Paul

Well you have done it again and what great work love it. the texture . . the style. . the models wow thanks again for making me smile

so well done…as always fantastic composition and use of negative space – a very cool tale of two sisters!!!

Brillant shot. Fantstic treatment and composition

I really like the the shapes the girls are making here. as always the treatment and style is a definite Vanzella. Well done

fantastic paul, styling shot…..they would be cool sisters to know .. :)

love this!

I can’t tell which one is which,, they’re both good and bad, depends how you look at it, I think that’s why I like this image so much, it makes me stop and think.. Love the processing as always!

Love it Paul. Had to have a laugh as my sister and I are always joking about the “good” and the ‘bad’ sister!

gorgeous. absolutely gorgeous.

they both look naughty to me though ;)

xx

Wow, a stunning image, Paul. Such beautiful lighting and a very nice crop.
Don’t know, though, I think both of them are looking good!

Excellent comp!! very different- I love the space at the top..top notch work here..:)

nice image !

After reading Ted Brynes comments on the Green Wall, I finally caved in to put my 2 cents on this unusual piece, even for Mr. P it is somewhat strange. The models, lingerie, decrepit green paint again draws me in despite my unwillingness to want to look. Paul you’ve done it again, and I feel defeated to have capitulated to this piece of work!

Perfect as always, love the reflection, and I want that couch

Being conjoined twins bound in such an unfortunate position was always a bit of a problem for Paul’s second cousins Prudence and Priscilla. The Vanzella family frequently struggled with the girls and it wasn’t until they achieved their lifelong goal of joining a travelling freakshow that the family opened the album. The girls hated each other, which was quite a problem for them. For one Prudence had a nasty habit of eating pickles and the flatulence they caused resulted in Priscilla frequently passing out. Priscilla frequently upset Prudence whilst out on dates by measuring and commenting on the size of the would be suitors manhood from her crotch eye view! They remained single for years until they met the Marburg twins who had joined the freak show as ‘bigun and littleun’

Reminds me of a David Hockney painting for some reason…...nice image.

Reminds me of a David Hockney painting for some reason…...nice image.

Fantastic work of art Paul. :-)

I keep having to say “this is your best yet” because you keep raising the bar with every new upload. Their poses, the shapes they produce, the sheen on their legs arms shoes….the light, the shadows, everything just stunningly produced! The story is special too…..love your models, love your vision.

LOL at Andrew!

Absolutely awesome love the shadows on the wall this is incredible

hahahaha… this is so funny to me Paul.. I remember when I used to watch Gilligan’s Island.. I wanted to be sexy like Ginger… but sweet like Maryanne.. this reminds me of that time.. thanks! Awesome image …Wen x
p.s. I also have a sister ; )

To me, there’s not a clear “good” or “bad” here. There’s a mix of revealing/concealing, stiff/relaxed and gazing away/looking straight down the barrel. The symmetry works so well, from the above to the composition, with hair, arms and legs all at just the right angles.

I can’t go without saying that the sisters are stunning.

Hmmmm…. Moral dualism. An interesting concept portrayed with your usual exceptional insight.

Hmmmm…. Moral dualism. An interesting concept portrayed with your usual exceptional insight.

beautiful work!

Magic Paul…love the sense of space and the retro tones;)

love it
the connotations and ambiguity the title invokes is just brilliant!
so love their expressions too! ;-) xox

Paul….FANTASTIC shot!...love the open space within your framing!

Fan-bloody-tastic work here Paul… love it! Great composition, art direction and treatment as usual… Nice one mate!

Excellent… I choose the bad one!

fantastic

LUV that Bra!!!!!!! Makes the shot – says so much. Clever gorgeous image.

So funny and clever…...... I love that combination….... I am sure I have a ‘brazzie’ around like that some where…........hahaha. Such professional style and of course gorgeous models…......they help to make your job so much easier I suspect…..... Powerfully good. :o))))

wonderful Paul… great use of the wall… the shadows are excellent… and of course the models are tops

great work!

Very nice composition!

Doubtlessly, bad sister has on a black bra under that cheery dress. Sinsational. Pin up, indeed!

what a great shot and concept…even the lighting has a retro feel to it…perfect all around

Love this image so much.

What I like is that they both show elements of bad and good. Which in my opinion pretty much sums up us women.

Yes, this appeals instantly to the duality of my inner woman – it’s the Gemini principle personified – I should know! The wall seems like the blank canvas of imagination that can have anything you like written on it.
Fantastic.

Very stylish, great art direction and attention to detail, love it!

Paul you rock!! Everytime I come back to your portfolio you once again amaze me…guess I better start raising the bar, lol. Missin’ ya!

I really like the colours, comp and story! well, pretty much everything…..and where did she get my bra! harhar just kidding.

I like your style… Paul

Can’t say anything that hasn’t already been said, except maybe Formidable!

A real Paul Vanzella, excellent work!

wonderful work

if you keep on doing work like this i’m gonna explode with jealousy…i love the look of almost total embarrassment on the sisters face…..wonder which one i’d be?

very balanced with a nice flow. I love the different focus and relationship each woman is presenting leading the viewer in two different directions, cool!

Quite interesting and provocative. Hints at sensuality of course, but the stark background adds interest and tension. A loneliness reminiscent of Hopper. Love the composition!

Love it, love it, love it!

Gotta luv it!!!!!

Love the comp, poses and the vastness in the top half of the image

Perfectly done

Great!!!

Awesome!!!!

love that even the good sister is slutty, lol… love it Ellen

what an awesome and interesting shot!!!!!

Interesting setup. Retro!

awesome picture!!! thanx for the comment..! >_<

Fantastic work . Miss cheesecake is in great demand.

I like it Paul ver nice indeed. You can sent them over to me now

LOVE this look :)

Wierd atmosphere here… I like that !

Great shot.
I just love this.

Excellent work Paul, love the composition :-)

Excellent! Instant FAV!

this is Fantastic!

I have one Eric Kroll’s albums in my library, this immage is better!

Not sure how I missed this….love it so much!!!

Great stuff, Paul! Suggests an Edward Hopper after-hours interior office wet-dream!
Your composition, lighting and color are so evocative … mmm, I’ll have them both …
Cheers! Rich

Excellently done as always…. a real illustrative quality in the shot

excellent amazing work! I love it!

How do you make this look like its painted! Its amazing! Do you exhibit in Melbourne anywhere?

this is funny, very well done and the .. when she was good .. she was verrryy good and …..

I saw this shot a while ago, I love it.
beautiful framing
would love to see it in print.

also. lovely design work you do!
comes through in your photography :)

thank you so much, i will be putting up a few more of Jo.
I think you will like them ;)

would love to get you to come an shoot with me one day?
I will organise a model.
I like to see how other photographers work :)

This is exceptional. I don’t have to technical words but I know what I like about this photograph. I like how the subjects are at the bottom of the photo and how much of the green wall shows. I also think the gloves are a great touch as well as the extension of the sister’s arms. This is really a nice piece of art.

Austin

This is great!!!

So, who was good and who was bad…. ? Nice Picture…. Very Nice…..

Perfect!!!

and reminds me of the Brian de Palma film, Sister (one good one, one bad one)

A fantastic piece of work Paul
For me there is certainly a hint of the macabre whilst leading to the suggestive element of the duplicity of man.
The construction of a conflict of persona using the dark but prudish behaviour and contrasting it against the vibrant yet flirtatiousness demeanour has certainly engrossed my imagination. However it is the mystique that lies within this fact for the story can never be fully answered whilst ever individual human trait and beliefs remain part of ones own freewill.
Cheers Ken

awesome, how could I miss that one ;-)

Superb!!!.

Aha, how true is This, marvelous ( had to wait till I was home from work to see the rest of your gallery, and appreciate the girls!!)

awesome work!

brill… vetrano meets Hooper (sorry cant remember the spelling) wonderful image

Great composition.

GREAT!

I’ve figured it out—the good one is the bad one!

Missed this one …. was I away or what!? Great work… stylish, delish !!

I see that someone already made the Hopper connection… well I do too, with a dash of Vargas. Right up my lane! ... and your color work is brilliant. °-°

great retro shot
my kind of image..love this!!!

Very cute. Nice tones.

I like this – a great and memorable image with all sorts of connotations.

really enjoy this image…kooky, kool. oh, and the wall….love it! it creates the dynamic

I wonder who is good :)

My socks have offically been rocked! Supreme picture!

I’m not going through all those comments to see if anyone’s asked this yet:
Based on appearance, Which sister is bad?

Love the style of this shot. Love the lounge … could fit a laptop computer on those armrests.
Sigh. Only a geek like me would notice these ‘features’.

love this vibe, color, and the angles at which you have them on the sofa.with the colors of the clothing, perfect!

Fabulous! Nice work!

this really is to die for! I thought I had commented previous, but alas it will get lost in the horde anyway! love, love, love it!!!! ♥

This is a truly great piece! Congrats and thanks for sharing it!

lol….. or mabye just a case of MPD… excellent image

yup! knew it was Jo’

I have a twin brother and it’s the same story. I’m the bad twin.

great work. i love the layout.

very cool picture!

Love it, the bad one has to be the one on the left

this is really cool

Excellent shot…..Coooooooooooool!

what a creative shot this would be perfect for makeup, hair and costumes new challenge good vs evil id love to see it in there :)

I like this one alot Paul!

this is now passe but jo and paul are both very professional

i love this. a little of good and bad in each

One of my favs of course….

POS

i love this!!

like this man! love the idea , the colors, their faces..
i’d prefeer to see the whole couch anyway …

Hmmm I think I had a dream just like this… put of course, I played both parts

...made a smile on my face :)
..could be my sister and me!

Great shot. I like the shapes created by the poses and the high wall is very effective

You have the greatest models… Very nice indeed.

Brillant models, Good idea x

great, i like the efect

This photograph is cool and has statements such as artistic character.

love it …it all works well done

I am in awe of your work! You have a unique style that’s so intriguing!! Beautiful models and treatment!

Sexy! Nice… nasty! Love it. Beautiful composition too.