Terry L. Mair
Mair's Photography
158 South 580 East
Midway, Utah 84049
435-654-3607
www.mairsphotography.com
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From: "Emily L. Ferguson" <elf@xxxxxxxx>
To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students"
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Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 6:12 PM
Subject: Re: Dan's image in the Gallery
At 6:30 PM -0500 8/29/05, lea murphy wrote:
I can't confirm but I'm going to guess that I'm about the only woman on
the list (besides maybe Emily) who will or has commented on this image.
One person has written that it appears the young woman in the image is
relieving herself. As a woman who has had to, on occassion, make a deposit
of one form or another in the great outdoors sans a toilet let me assure
you that this in NOT EVEN CLOSE to the position we assume when such duty
is to be done. The backs of legs and feet would be a mess. I would welcome
looking this beautiful and graceful while relieving myself!!!
I'll toast to that. Trying keeping your pants legs clean in that
position!
My first thought when I saw this image was how pensive and serene this
woman appeared to be. I was instantly curious about what she seems to be
looking at. I think the backlighting is gorgeous and the tonal range
delightful. I love the little hairs on her left arm and then down the side
of her hip/bum on the right side.
I was struck by the widthwise proportion of her head to her bum, wondering
how much deprivation one has to impose to maintain such a ratio. Many
will recall that I'm not big on nudes because of objectivization issues
with men and the female body, but this image did not even really strike me
as a "nude", since neither her posture
nor the amount of exposure looks particularly erotic in intent.
I think this was the point!
Let me just add, I have my self whitnessed my wife in the great out doors
and no it does not look at all the same BUT thats still what came to mind!
Terry
And
the tonalities are very appealing - keeping the face well exposed with
that much light from behind is a good deal.
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Emily L. Ferguson
mailto:elf@xxxxxxxx 508-563-6822
New England landscapes, wooden boats and races, press photography
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