Response to Self Portrait 2 (Response #131)

Uploaded 711 Days Ago by Flatline - - 10 comments

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feelingdave said 711 days ago:

I LOVE THIS PICTURE. Great Job! I feel the weight of the responisblity a solider must feel.

uncommondepth said 711 days ago:

Terrific lighting. Great sense of self - assuming you are a military person (assuming that's some sort of gun/cannon)! Love the colors, the crispness, everything.

Flatline said 711 days ago:

Thank you, I am quite pleased you like it.

No, I am not a military person, but I am a Berliner. Whenever I am near the Soviet Memorial (and others like it) I become acutely aware of the sacrifices made by others during the second world war. I am grateful to them, because my life and that of my parents was shaped by every aspect of that war.

zorilla said 711 days ago:

The little that is revealed of the photographer/subject is very confused/confusing

King said 711 days ago:

Lots of feeling here. I don't recognize the artillery, but it looks too old for you to have fought with it. So I get the feeling you are mourning someone lost to you, or feeling a sense of loss in general.

I would like to see a bit more of your face, though.

Very well done.

subjektiv said 711 days ago:

what a pose!

Flatline said 711 days ago:

LOL.

Yeah, and as you can imagine, I tried about 40 different ones as well. Not all of them quite as pensive as this one :-)

I do feel strongly though whenever I pass this place.

Scott said 711 days ago:

So amazingly phallic.....

culberda said 710 days ago:

This is a fantastic photo.

pursang said 474 days ago:

Flatline, is there something stuck in the canon's tire?

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