| December
18, 2004
Ladies
and gentlemen, I present to you the most popular page on the DanielThomas
website. From the over 500 individual pages - galleries, closeups,
and so on - Barbarella consistently receives the most hits.
Hmm,
I wonder why? I'll give you three guesses, and the first two don't
count.
One
obvious reason is the Barbarella name, which comes from the cult
sci-fi movie starring Jane Fonda. There are a suprising number of
sites on the internet devoted to that picture, which is a little
surprising to me because, truth be told, I've yet to see it.
This
piece, like the whole Models series, was contructed by hand. If
done today, this would obviously be Photoshop'd, and no doubt it
would look polished and professional. However, I consciously wanted
these pieces to look a little roughshod. I wanted you to see the
stitches holding everything together, that it was artificial.
Perhaps
this was a bit of commentary on our pop-driven culture. I honestly
cannot say. I suspect that you will draw your own conclusions. Then
again, I suspect that you're only here to ogle and drool like teenagers.
If
you enjoy this Barbarella, then I'd suggest other portraits
in this series, including Victoria's Secrets,
Gallery Exposure, The
Feminine Mystique, This Chick is Hot!
The titles became more tongue-in-cheek as I went along, but the
dedication was sincere. |
