Thanks for the comments. The original is a color Ektachrome slide. I did
all of the effects in Photoshop. I made the blue brighter and added the red
color. I then darkened the lips to give it some drama. It her smooth skin that
makes it feel like a black and white original.
In a message dated 11/8/2006 12:49:04 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
spacecoastphoto@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
Lauren
In A Blue Hat" - Roy Miller
Roy, I am curious as to how the image
started (pre-cross-process); certain
elements lead me to believe it was
black and white, but the skin tones in
Lauren's body look natural. Indeed,
it is the apparent reality of the skin
tones versus the red/blue treatment
that throw the image just a little bit
off for me. However, the surreality
is intriguing, to say the least. The
nuclear red "gegenschein" (what is the
word in English?) and vibrant blue
hat compete for attention; her grey lips
are disturbing, her eyes engaging.
I find myself imagining an
alternate-present world, like those in films
(i.e. Clockwork Orange,
Brazil, etc.) and dropped unceremoniously into the
context of this current
world with uncertain global stability (on the remote
scale) and bills (on
the local scale), it leaves me longing for more of the
story. But in a good
way.
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