empty woman

I think this is your best work.

I think this is sick…not art

well done this is very well composed Jo.

This is bleak but also utterly extraordinary. Congratulations Jo. Its all there for those that want to see.

Haunting work Jo – well done !

...am I allowed to favourite this like 100 times…!!!!!!!!! Oh Lordy Jo – this is spectacular… I heard abou this image and now seeing it live is just incredible… your tonal work, concept and art direction are exemplary – Outstanding piece of work!

This is so powerful, I’m lost for words!

This is exceptional work Jo. It is disturbingly real looking and thought provoking, with a powerful message. The woman looks completely empty and spent and your title is just perfect for this piece. It just hits like a bulldozer on a mission!

Oh my when bleak turns worse

Such a haunting image! Well done, Jo – so good to see such a powerful statement.

Brilliant work Jo.

Woah, that is spectacularly freaky, great image!!

Terrific work. It says so much, has so much depth and is disturbing yet alluring.

Anyone who thinks this is disturbing and a “disgusting” sense obviously has no clue about makeup and the effects simple makeup has at making shadow.

Beautiful art.

OH wow!

Beautiful photo! Such a haunting image, it really is a great story telling photo :)

extremely powerful, confronting and thought provoking, excellent :-)

wonderful, truly creepy and amazingly awesome.

xx
s-a

strong ,Outstanding piece of work , the tones are amazing here too.

Good art, sooooo good

Wow. Very Marilyn Manson-esque! Spooky. Well done for provoking a range of comments too.

What a strong image, great lighting effects. Well done.

Love it, or hate it, it’s certainly provoked a reaction! Some will describe it as social pornography, but then again they’ll also say that to news photographers in a war zone. Personally, I think it’s a disturbingly beautiful and evocative image.

Tim

PS – don’t hate me for mentioning it, but your horizon’s wonky… :)

Hells teeth, this is bleak
haunting

the use of the empty pool as an underlying metaphor is very clever…

Quite an impressive work.
As the saying goes: “The weight of the world” This seems to reflect her whole universe, with every aspect of dreary. Hopefully The Sun will come out tomorrow and as we all go through hardship and dismay….this too will pass.

This is stark, uncomfortable, which often makes for great art.

Great capture

not all suicide notes are written in ink, some are carved in bone

amazingly powerful

I agree with yurilev and Dillon.
What lens was used for this shot Jo?

empty lost and forlorn,brilliant Jo.

i love how she looks like she is going to slowly fall backwards into the half empty pool.
marvellous image

scary…. and I cant believe how cold she would have been in teh 8degree day with only bones to keep her warm…. amayzing shot Jo you really captured this horrible sickness….

The sense of desolation and sheer aloneness you’ve rendered here is exceptionally powerful Jo – that derelict pool is inspired and the faux memoirs add so much to it. A risky shot that manages to circumvent the “freak-show” aspect I’ve seen in the way other anorexic images are presented.

Haunting and moving Jo.

What a stunning piece of work Jo. You’ve delivered the message so well. I’m so proud of you! :)

Stunning, Inspiring, emotive, thought provoking, compelling.
This is the work of an exceptional artist. I’m really taken back by the overall quality of this… from concept to technique. Congrats on the outstanding work.

Jo…the image alone is, of course, disturbing. My immediate response was repulsion and horror..along with some of my own personal demons and memories. I found I couldn’t look at it for long but was drawn back to it. Like those ads on TV warning of the dangers of smoking, drinking, drink driving, etc – they are troubling and they stay in our minds – for a good reason. This is extremely evocative and if there were no substance behind it, if it was here just for shock purposes and no real message behind it..I doubt I’d like it. It is certainly not fun to look at. But there if a reason for that and there is a message here. I love that you have posted the facts on the causes of female infertility here….and that you added an excerpt from ‘fake memoirs’ to accompany this – it makes this all the more powerful.

I still don’t know if I love or hate this. But I had to come back to it. And it shook me up and reminded me of some harsh reality. And that’s the whole point isn’t it.

this is brilliant

such a compelling image. your processing here is perfect for this image – so desolate and depressing…

Confronting.
Your art direction, execution and production is wonderfully ominous! :)

this is so amazing! i saw you doing the bit of make up on her before the shoot and now seeing the results…..wow…well done!

Hard to look at….....no one likes to see pain in another…........... however, the message is certainly strong…..... just very, very personally…....I would have liked her to have her top on…......just more impact for me…....but that is just me.

not much to add to the long and expressive list above, except congrats on even tackling this with an amazing outcome! wonderful!

GREAT!

Fab

This is your best piece ever.

oooh. hits the mark well. eerie. intriguing.

‘awful’ but good.

This is a stand-out image for sure, so strong in every sense. Along with your text this delivers such impact, absolutely amazing work Jo!

To get the response that “demon” sent out means you have succeeded. It is in fact art and I disagree with him/her 100%.

Great message to back up a wonderful image, bravo!

I saw the ‘behind the scenes’ pic of you shooting before the proper photograph and am amazed.
To me it’s like turning around and finding her standing there like a ghost.

Good work Jo.

wow, this is a great idea
i was hooked from the first paragraph
i don’t like the pic because
it saddens me. it makes me feel uncomfortable
a good thing for all with the journal it pops(for me)

Powerful stuff, Jo

its all been said – congratulations on a masterpiece

spooky wonderful

Strong,powerful,amazing message,beautiful words…and so true…BRAVO ….

very powerful image…

A bleak perception of modern day troubles..
I’ve seen anarexia from very close in my family and seen the horror of it.
Thanks God my niece recovered.. a miracle..
But I still remember the dispair, the feeling of powerless against it..
Great shot and thanks for bringing to attention…

I truly doubt i can give this any comment
that will mean anything to you
as so many people have already applauded your work
but its a haunting image, one that has given me a slightly different perception of my own apparent ED

well done
x

Both deeply moving, and deeply disturbing.
In other words….perfect.

amazing!

She needs a few rice puddings inside her.

This is a strange image, at first I though Jo needs a holiday! :)) seriously now, the combination of the woman posture, body and facial expression combined with the half empty dirty swimming pool makes it disturbing but surreal. She looks more to me “coming back from the dead”, so empty soul and haunting. Excellent composition and effects.

wow wonderful shot and very…very strong

This is more than moving, you nailed this one on the head, big congrats to yuu and a BIG hats off you.

To a medical photographer, there is nothing empty about this woman. She is a warm, determined, strong willed person. As an artist, this is a masterpiece! Great work Jo!

This is disturbing but so beautifully shot. The model’s eyes pierce through drawing the audience into the photograph – you can see her inner beauty and her external struggle. I love it.

Wow. Left without words. Much respect for this amount of courage my sister.

powerful image.

Oh wow. There is a place in your head which you cross where photography ends and art is born. This is art. Thought provoking, evocative, provocative… these words do not describe what this does.

wow.

really great job here. the makeup is fantastic..
she looks zombieish and so fatigued from no food..

Pretty scary image, yet very admirable that you pay attention to this. Girls need to know that there’s nothing wrong with having a bit of jelly on the belly. ;)

somewhat spooky, it does freak me out a bit,
but it is an amazing piece. well done

great composition and tonality… evocative of many sci-fi/horror moments of confrontation. nice work.

misteria image

spectacular mood, impressive expression
a real expressionist work !

This is one of the most saddest pictures I’ve ever seen. I don’t know which is more tragic; the girl or the state of her surroundings. Both her and the pool look SO neglected and forlorn…..
I hope that’s what you were going for coz that’s what you’ve got.

eeek :0 OMG

uncomfortable -confronting-powerful-haunting-dramatic-you achieve what you set out to do here jo.. . and more – it is art (in my eyes) because it provokes reaction and touches people in so many ways….it is so well conceived,planned and executed

I’m not really sure why you got so many mixed emotions on this shot.
I think it’s really powerful. But it doesn’t upset me or anger me. Quite the contrary, it draws me in.
It’s powerful and I think that’s because it makes people uneasy. So, naturally they don’t know what to think of it. Fantastic capture regardless!

.. wow.. I can see with how many comments you already have that this piece has a very powerful impact on people. This is one amazing image. the colour tones, the simplicity and elegance. the concept of shooting in the pool, how clever. works just brilliantly. wow.

I’m speechless, this is unbelievably incredible.
Wow.

extreamly powerful image

I’ve mixed feelings about this – but I suppose that is part of the point of the image. There is a sort of emptyness about the image and the excerpt from ‘fake memories’, but on the other hand the image is an entire construct from the model to the selective colouring which makes me think that anyone can be as bleak as they want – when they put their mind to it!

very strong image and message!

very powerful.

strong image and wondeful message!

sorry…........i do not like that kind of work…..................:-(
thank u…...............!as it is more sexy than be a “empty”pic

Great work

quite a gripping image.

creepy,.scary, but oh so beautiful. outstanding shot

Excellent art. Your clever use of the near empty pool to contrast with the ‘empty woman’ is a coup.

I haven`t been to your pf in a while, which I`m regretting more with each pic I see.
This is just so totally hard rock.

She just needs a couple of steaks, a couple beers, ditch the underduds, and get a shower.
Bit of makeup….. she’d be one sweet woman.

Very stylish shot, super atmosphere!!
Fabulous model, great contact with the camera.

It’s scares the shit out me. Great shot. Love your work

great piece

Phil’s comment (above) finally made me break out laughing out loud.
Before that, it was utter silence.

Very haunting!!! Gave me the chills actually . Great work!

nice

Incredible work, Jo, and very moving words – well done, indeed :-)

cool

execution & message spot on. Sooo disturbing that it is hard to look away.

Very Alien like in colour

Stark, scarey and powerful…..................and that’s just your ability with the camera Jo!!s Great image – challenging, confronting…....worrying.

Thought it was an old picture of me for a minute

I looked at the photo and all the comments, and then I look again at the photo.
Such a cruel truth….......yet I agree, great capture!

great

stark and beautiful. love the symbolism and the title

Wow, and Ive just found this after your overweight photo, this one says it all!

Powerful statement!

scary,but amazing work well done.

haunting powerful eerie and spectacular

Hi Jo, I used this image in my journal “here”: http://www.redbubble.com/people/koby/journal/2753409-inspirational-artists-nude
If you have and problems with it being there don’t hesitate to tell me and I will remove it!
Koby

you seem at ease in any genre.. it amazes me, you can do one shoot in a style , then turn over compellingly and out pop a piece as incredible as this one…every shoot having meaning and perfection.i have always loved your washer and dryer shots and your work with pv. but on you own..you stun with amazing pieces that alone with not title have so much meaning and depth to them . its striking! then you adding your words to them..still not able to get the photo out of your head while i read.jo you are wonderfully talented.and i can only hope some day to get to this point, as an artist. i get so wrapped up, in making every model look their best, so they are at ease and feel confident, i loose sight of my goals..even “the price” and the “madonna” if the element of vanity and beauty, were not in play, the statement i was trying to convey would have been better stated. seeing your pic here shouts out that fact to me, and i thank you.i try to go over every detail in my work..but the element of reality, is clearly missing from my work.thank you jo. you are so talented and inspiring!—chappel

very deep-impact work
the female infertility note is closer to home than most people think.

Thank you for sharing this, Jo!!! Without words!!!!!

totally awesome shot jo :) love this one.

Fantastic!

BRILLIANT, STRONG, POWERFUL message and work!! Trully outstanding!

This is very thought provoking. For me it’s a portrayal of the way many people see themselves and their plight these days. For what it’s worth I like it.

well, i think so far…
...this is the best i have seen here jet.
it just hits me.

when i think of the quote “a picture speaks a thousand words” this picture says it all !!
fabulous work and excellent title

Powerful, powerful stuff. Perfectly illustrates the excerpt and the title may be as brilliant as the composition. Stellar work!

very cold and empty, kind of haunting, very interesting but i like it

very strong image – haunting and disturbing but also beautiful. There is some strength in this woman and life too. A wonderful work of art.

Very powerful and bleak image as to ones outlook on life! Excellent work all the same!

This is a scary and powerful image that isn’t easy to look at…without thinking about the pain that must be inside. Rarely do you see a woman ‘exposed’ like this. A honest, disturbing insight into the hell that some experience.

What great talent you have. BRilliant work. This one is rather unnerving.

muy impresionante

Interesting shot – not really my style but well composed

amazing work Jo – I found this very confronting

jo you stop time and let the viewer take a second and remember to breath

L

This was worrying. But good work.

Standing ovation!

I think this is art not sick

Sick…not art.

Fantastic image of a serious psychiatric disorder to alert others who
are suffering from the same affliction as “the empty woman.”
I would love you to join our group to post this. Several of our
members suffer from eating disorders. This is a courageous
and honest image that is profound and confronts those
who suffer on a visceral level. Fantastic work!!

this is such a powerfully beautiful yet sad shot. so poignant and true…

Scary and cold but yet very powerful, I can totally relate after 3 misscarriages and not having any children that is how I felt.

It’s powerful though not eye pleasing.

Dear Jo, I view your work and feel impressed. I do not agree that this is sick as some have said. Art is many things to many people. Just as a beautiful poem to one is a jumble of words to another does not stop that jumble from being a poem if one interprets it within the confines of ones own experiences. I do not have the experiences to interpret this work as I think you would wish it interpreted however your words point me in the right direction and I feel haunted by it. Art to me is art when it afects ones feelings. I am affected by your work and therefore consider you an artist.

i dont like that

Outstanding image and scenerios this brings up. Sad, disturbing but compelling all at the same time. Amazing

Great point of view… Empty swimming pool and a body !! Wonderful manuplation.. Congratulations…

hauntingly beautiful….theres a magic in this picture!

wow- am still getting my head around all of the intonations in this one!!! love it, the colour is exceptional for the piece. Just outstanding!