This photo artwork was painted in a photo editing programme. Like almost all my work, it consists of several photos and of course I changed the colours to better fit the image I have of this woman. She looks like a woman of nobility, powerful and unyielding. She doesn't let herself off the hook easily. I made this work because I often find portraits interesting, for when they are inscrutable.
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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