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Glacial Beauty
Well, we WERE in a genuine old dungeon at the time, & it was really chilly, you can literally see her goosebumps! Matylda was an incredible model, I knew her for all of two minutes when I took this shot. With an absolute minimum of direction she just exuded an ennui that fitted the cold & claustraphonbic atmosphere perfectly. Glacial Beauty indeed!
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Ingenue Ennui
The magnificent Matylda again...
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Isolation
The incredible impression of sadness in her amazingly expressive eyes which Matylda was able to reproduce on demand was striking. In an instant they really did seem to literally echo the unknown & unseen sadness that permeated the Gaol's walls from the past. Matylda really was cold too (see her fingers), which seemed to infer an extra frisson of authenticity.
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Overshadowed Beauty
Amy...
Recent Offshoot Photography Society session at Wicklow Gaol on the evening of March the 5th 2010. I asked Amy to pretend the metal railings on the staircase in the prison were prison bars, it seemed an appropriate setup all things considered. She gave a haunting impression of someone imprisoned I think you will agree!
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A Single Strand
Matylda...
I found that single hair that curled across her cheek most appealing visually. Is it not the little imperfections that add real character to a face, or indeed to a whole person? That ragged glory that confers & confirms our humanity?
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