Thursday, June 22, 2006

Woman with Book

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copyright 2006 Leisl Bonell

5 comments:

Coke Brown Jr. said...

This is a great one! Tell me you didn't go to the trouble of creating this background for this photo. Is it maybe a stage set?

Leisl said...

Thanks, Coke!
Yes, this is a stage set. I'm assistant vocal director for a local production of The Scarlet Pimpernel, and happened to spy this young lady reading on set before rehearsal (she's sitting on the base of the guillotine). She just looked so beautiful and calm that I just had to take the photo.

Anonymous said...

hey I know here!! she is pretty interesting... I heard you're like her second mom or something like that. And she only let you keep the pic because you're you.. If anyone else took it she would have said no...
luv ya!!
~NIX~

Wildcard said...

This is a beautiful candid shot. What struck you most about the moment when you shot it?

Leisl said...

What struck me most? Hmmm. The light. The single spot of inner solitude amidst the chaos that was going on all around her. It was a singular moment of peaceful perfection personified.


How's that?