The Cry Of The Captive

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• Hauke (190)
• [2005-06-06 15:25]

No need to add more words than given by yourself, Ayda.
Take good care of yourself then.

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• torr (1735)
• [2005-06-06 15:34]

!!!
respecte for whow you tell say or feel.
T
!

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• Quark (66)
• [2005-06-06 15:36]

Hi Princess.....
This is composed in a superb way, perfect in the frame ! ! !
I like the filter used, I like the grain and the B/W, good choice.
I like note, I like to see you in this way, giving a fine expression, you did a great job, Ayda !

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• stecotdon (4883)
• [2005-06-06 15:43]

Hi my dear,

Good job!!! Putting all out helps to make the soul lighter, even if just for a few moments. Better than nothig :))
Wonderful portrait. even if reflects a moment of pain. Veru meaninful. And you look really beatuiful indeed, even in your sadness. I like the way you made the comp.
Marvellous work!!
Be better soon my dear Ayda

Take care and big hugs, Stef

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• Sutavugu (5)
• [2005-06-06 15:52]

Hello Ayda,
Picture of a sad, beautiful girl.. It is hard to look at ..
The composition is very good.. Very strong expession.. I like this old effect and the one in workshop also..
And I would like to see a smiling one soon..
Take care..
See you :)

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• tashi-wangmo (451)
• [2005-06-06 15:57]

hello ayda...one other piece of you...but i think ou said it all...
let me just add that i find your crops always fantastic! :))

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• paul_bk (0)
• [2005-06-06 16:01]

Dear Ayda,
you write so long note that it's impossible to read carefully them at the first glance....
so I speak only about pictures... well ... I confess I preffer (but only a bit) the coloured version.... but each of the two versions are great..... you seem deeply in your thoughts.... but leaving space for other......
well done indeed
Paolo

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• alagoa (0)
• [2005-06-06 16:11]

A very expressive work Ayda! Truly wonderful indeed. I love the way you chose to crop your image, I think it really helps to make the composition stroger. This one says a lot! A really powerful work! Congratulations.
...As for the rest...I hope you'll be back with us soon ;-)
Ciao cara,

Ana

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• Shutter2Think (0)
• [2005-06-06 16:22]

Hi Ayda,
So sad looking. I hope you got the release you were looking for. Your expression is very well captured. I saw the ws, I prefer this b&w version myself. I find it even more intense than the color. I think it's because color carries a bit more life in it that b&w does. The grain adds a good atmoshpere. Anyhow...great work!
Take care!
Richard

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• mwebr (3402)
• [2005-06-06 16:41]

Ayda,
Smile you beautiful woman for the only thing that keeps you in wait is the mind and it's useless boundaries created for self preservation of what it wishes to think is truly itself. We know different don't we. Strong as ever in it's happiness and strong as ever in it's self defeat. For only the start of releasing of all that the mind know's can we then realize a more freeing existance where mind is not the navigator or the pilot but comes to understand it's place as only the co-pilot for this expereintial plane. Move into the sunshine for the darkness falls so often. There is always light it just depends on your placement and perspective. The shadows fall as the light reveals. The dark is the light as the light is the dark. There is a sway from either side. That great gradient in between is a beautiful understanding place to fly. Both know the one as they are only splits from the other. The known is a path. The unknown is a path. The known seems the programming that should be shed, for it is known. The unknown leads also into many different states but for discovery and not for only replaying as the known becomes loops intertwined with loops and etc, etc. The known must be known almost through and through for the transcedance into that which is above and through you with the great void of the unknown. There is the saying...the only way out is through.....
And through you do emerge. You move us with your imagery whether captive or set free. But I prefer for you the choice of the free. There are no boundaries only that which is known....and when that known is started to be released then do you start to truly fly like an angel that has been grounded for much to long. Fly beautiful angel fly and the gross world around you will become less of that which cages you.
I do love your work for it is you. But you does not truly mean you for it is the known you. When the known becomes static that unkown spark will move on through as it has showed you with this imagery of you. Nothing is of...Oh this is what I'm going to shoot and post....I say not...too many processes moving in the background for the persona to reign in full creative force with this imagery. The true you displaying you and showing you this is you and why do we move in this way.
I know this is not a critique, but feel I must...... and this is what I felt my dear Ayda,
take care and keep moving around yourself and you will really start to see as you expose and move yourself into new unfound perspectives moving from the known into the unknown.
Yet the self is an infinite spiral and will catch you in the loopty loops, so reflect with caution and of sound wisdom which you have already proven you can move into.

Michael

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• edie (0)
• [2005-06-06 16:43]
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Mia cara amica,questa foto è stupenda,nella tua profonda tristezza vedo comunque una grande dolcezza e tutta la bellezza che c'è dentro e fuori di te.Mi piace molto come riesci a ritrarre te stessa,raramente si riesce a rappresentare davvero se stessi come fai tu.
Sei bravissima e devi essere consapevole di questo.
Abbracci
Edie
ps anche se adoro i tuoi capelli rossi sono una patita del B&W,lo preferisco.

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• balkermay (2995)
• [2005-06-06 17:47]

Hello Ayda...:)) Excellent pose and composition...Waves in the hair are impressive...I do like the post-process that makes the mood of the photo strong...

Can

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• padre (4035)
• [2005-06-06 20:08]

A nice portrait which surely shows her dejection and frustration in waiting. Very creative. B

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• jbate (0)
• [2005-06-06 22:14]

Great work. I like the BW version the best; it is more consistent with the mood in my estimation.

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• joebatista (5412)
• [2005-06-07 3:48]

Another fantastic shot by Ayda
Excellent is all I can say.

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• cloverstar (0)
• [2005-06-07 4:19]

You always seem to take great self portraits. You ought to be a professional model. I checked out the workshop and I actually like both versions.

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• maleentjeh (66)
• [2005-06-07 6:46]

Beautiful work again from you Ayda, hope you can release it all and feel better soon

Marleen

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• Venus (0)
• [2005-06-07 8:16]
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Oh Ayda....your eyes are so sad..my god.....U know what?..u should take a photo,where u are smiling!that would help u!..i know,its hard,to take a shot,with a not natural expression on your face...but..maybe..if u would try...to take a color shot of yourself,when u are smiling...that would show your path...your way..your destination..to be happy once!i really would like to see u that way...cuz i feel u deserve!

But.......Indeed...it helps to take selfportratites,and "talk out" our pain...

U are so talantive,young and beautiful..and i just wish ...Hopeful!!!dont give up on believeing in the happyness!!!!

As u saw,im also kind of down right now...but i know,i will be okey..i need to be!cuz..i dont want to suffer!thats what u should do....to not want to suffer...be able to smile,just cuz its a sunny day..or just cuz the wint blowes your hair....hm?..what do u think?....thats a good therapy!!...

If u would like,we could talk in e-mail,or something....i would like to help u..if i can...in any way....(if u want,just answer here,and leave your mail address)

Take care!We need u!
A.

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• tink85 (718)
• [2005-06-07 9:29]

love the expression in your face and the text matches pertectly =D i loved it XD

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• mukesh (4791)
• [2005-06-07 13:01]

I will come back to it... It is not a top of the mind kind of reaction rendition. Later... I love it.

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• Maru (0)
• [2005-06-07 16:44]

Hi Ayda,
very intimate and touching self-portrait. Your crop really enhace the strong sadness of the composition, the expression of the face is very shocking... it made me remember to those sad clowns..
Be well!
Marisa

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• Nessuno (0)
• [2005-06-07 16:54]

I love this picture, even if you are not completely in it... or is that maybe just the attraction of it?

Here you have created a strong impression of weariness, with the closed eyes and the just parted lips, as if being exhausted by the continuing battle you are fighting.

I think you are quite capable of expressing yourself, in your images as well as in your words...! There is no problem in bringing on a poem of any poet you like, the contrary. But you should try to create your own poems. I think you are up to it!

This is the first time you wear you hair really down in your photos? It cascades down in beautiful waves...! You should do that more often, it might reinforce your feelings of escaping the bonds... and I think you are mighty attractive that way... :)!

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• nova (8653)
• [2005-06-07 21:39]

Another great self portrait of yours,Ayda! What a nice collection you got now! I would see all your self portraits exposed in a very nice art gallery! All your pictures speak by themselves and express so many emotions! Very well done! Big hugs! Michel

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• mspixalot (492)
• [2005-06-08 15:38]

very intense and lovely portrait. great textures -- love the hair and the cheek and jaw line. very well-composed, perfect crop. Hope you feel better soon -- I'll keep you in my thoughts and prayers. regards, ck

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• letr (6780)
• [2005-06-08 17:20]

Very original crop Ayda, very effective too,the mood is perfectly expressed here ..excellent job !

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• dgusatto (1239)
• [2005-06-09 18:52]

ciao Ayda,

certo che sei proprio carina.. poi il black and white ti dona. all the best from italy
den

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• DigiSpy (810)
• [2005-06-11 23:33]
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Hi Ayda,
A magnificent portrait. I like the pose very much, you indeed seem te be turned away, busy with lots of things of yourself. The empty space on the left is empty but to me full of tension.
I added a workshop to, also a try to add some color into your life and photo ofcourse. I hope you like it. Take care, see you again, Richard

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• yttt (2114)
• [2005-06-12 5:37]

sensual, delicate beauty .

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• vsinopoulos (13115)
• [2005-06-12 12:10]

A lovely impressive image. Full of emotion and sentiment. I love your work and your notes are always from deep inside and great.
You are a lovely person.
Vassilis

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• yra (370)
• [2005-06-13 2:02]

what a great tone&grainy.the model is so full of impresion & emosion in my vision, over all it's a great BW photo. thank you ayda

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• zto (262)
• [2005-06-13 17:22]

You are so beautifull my friend, it is a feast for the eye to view one of your self potraits. Alsways so senstive, intimate and personal...revelaing of who you are. This is mainly what makes the mbeautifull...the expression and the person within, benith the surace :-)

Hugs and love
Zandra

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• lancegreen (94)
• [2005-06-14 1:25]

Ayda,

I remember seeing this now, but was too saddened to comment before. This image really is stunning work. If we forget the personal side of things for the moment and concentrate on what we see in the image first...

The image: OK the posted version is the superior of the two. IMO B&W is much better for this kind of thing. You have successfully broken a composition rule in such a way as the image has so much more interest and impact. It is as though your are so sad, you can't bear to be looked at. The glistening of a tear about to break from your eye-lash brings a lump into my throat. As I am typing now, I can feel the despiration in this image. You almost look resigned to remaining sad, lonely and trapped, which brings me to your note...

The note: an amazing poem, and you must have had this in mind when posing and processing the shot. It fits too perfectly just to be one of those... it'll do kind of things. I can't read it again right now as it's too painful for me. Married with your image this is the most sad thing I have ever seen on TL.

Now this expression of sadness is not a bad thing, and I really want to push this point home to you. You and I both express our emotions though our photography. The feeling of being trapped in our own minds or sadness does has an escape route. Right here, right now! Keep taking shots that demonstrate your feelings, this is release. If you don't want to post them on TL, just send them to someone, even me!

This is not only good for you, it's also good for your art.

HUGE HUGS for you Ayda,

Lance

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• reddevil (0)
• [2005-06-17 17:42]

Ayda you shows the mood so well in this composition. Words aren't enough...only I would say that I'm proud at you.

Jos

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• mikoyen (5263)
• [2005-06-18 15:02]

Beautiful portrait, very well done Ayda. The b&w texture is perfect, grain a little bit. Professionnal work!!
Best regards
Guy

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• toni (793)
• [2005-07-06 18:42]

Ayda
Un très joli portrait, avec un superbe cadrage.
Nice shot
Toni

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• dwterry (2453)
• [2005-07-18 6:43]

Stunning. It takes a "true artist" to create work like this. I've visited your pbase account and the same can be said of every image out there. I am in awe!

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• ruudblok (22361)
• [2005-10-26 14:59]

Looking at your work makes me silent. Going true your portfolio is so nice. And to day I put myself on the extreme long list of fans. To make sure I don’t miss any new one.
Ruud

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• wck (3843)
• [2005-11-11 10:31]

I've found a strong mood in your gallery.... Very well express of your self Ayda...

Wong