This portrait is deliberately made with cracks. It looks painted, but the artwork is composed of several of my own photographs. The woman is a mannequin I photographed and humanised. To me, it is a modern Mona Lisa with an inscrutable gaze. The portrait was made in landscape mode.
I've been photographing since the beginning of this century. I am a real autodidact, although I have taken courses and mentorships. I don't try to make the 'standard' picture and am often busy for weeks before the result is as I had in mind.
I would have preferred..
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