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My Favorite Photograph?

Posted Tue, 2007-07-24 01:29 by Nick

My Favorite Photograph?

"Until you're ready to look foolish, you'll never have the possibility of being great." -- Cher

Last week someone asked me what is my favorite photograph I have ever taken. I don't have a single favorite, but this one (an outtake from a promotional shoot for a Diamond Talent show) ranks right at the top. Everyone thinks I'm kidding, but I'm dead serious. I love this image. I smile every time I see it.

The reason has something to do with the Cher quote above. Brittany, the subject of this photograph, is a very attractive young woman. She could kill most guys with a wink and a smile.

This is Brittany being great.

Quotes

Photographic representation is, alas, never faithful to the sentiment that triggered it, but imperfect as it is, it is a naive attempt to postpone death, to steal from time a fall of light, a privileged moment, which will never again recur, but will continue to live thanks to the photograph - like those stars that have been dead for thousands of years but whose light still travels through space to show us what they were. -- Jeanloup Sieff