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I'm a freelance photographer, writer and clay artist. Most of my photography here is of Asian Ball Jointed Dolls. I've been published in: Doll Reader, Haute Doll, Dolliceux and Fashion Doll Quarterly magazines.

 

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Most of my photography is experimental and really is supposed to be taken tongue-firmly-in-cheek. On occasion I will do some serious themed pictures, but honestly, for the most part I try not to take myself too seriously. Please don't take me or my comments, too seriously.

 

I enjoy all forms of photography! Nice to meet you!

  

 

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Mercy's Photography's flickr score: 1163

 

 

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  • JoinedMarch 2006
  • OccupationPotter & Writer
  • CountryUnited States
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Photos of Mercy Asakura

Testimonials

Hungry Caption (deleted)

☻M€rcỲ☺ is one of the best. awesome photo stream...don't mess with her or i will send my minion diablos to bend you into new shapes..peace and long life awesome ☻M€rcỲ☺

February 13, 2009
Early Observation (deleted)

I like to ride merry-go-rounds with Mercy and take hot air balloon rides with her across the Arctic ice cap in search of polar bears. She is beautiful beyond measure, and can whip up a batch of butterscotch brownies in a flash. Her photographs line the inside of my head, and at night I dream about being a ball-jointed … Read more

I like to ride merry-go-rounds with Mercy and take hot air balloon rides with her across the Arctic ice cap in search of polar bears. She is beautiful beyond measure, and can whip up a batch of butterscotch brownies in a flash. Her photographs line the inside of my head, and at night I dream about being a ball-jointed doll posing for her pleasure.

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April 19, 2008
Jordy says:

I have long proclaimed my nearly fanatical (and only because I have no idea where she lives, not yet criminal) obsession with Mercy. Its genesis is in her pictures. They are unbelieveable. I also just get the impression that she is really really nice.

April 18, 2008

Mercy is awesome. That's pretty much all I can say. I mean, she's lovely, funny, intelligent and is a great teacher. I learned all about the armpit Polaroid developing from her and boy has that come in handy! So, like I said -- she's just awesome.

April 18, 2008
swift beef (deleted)

Mercy is one of the best doll photographers... Elegant portraits with great emotions, they are very inspiring!

March 21, 2008

Defitnitely one of the best doll photographers around. And by her comments she seems to be very humble about it. Sweet, helpful, and an amazing photographer!

November 27, 2007

Mercy's work with her dolls is nothing short of amazing. Her doll photos have a lifelike quality about them that ends up being inspiring, and wonderful to view. She has a definite rapport with a polaroid as well, producing images that are simply stunning in their dreamlike, lo-fi glory. I always enjoy looking at her ph… Read more

Mercy's work with her dolls is nothing short of amazing. Her doll photos have a lifelike quality about them that ends up being inspiring, and wonderful to view. She has a definite rapport with a polaroid as well, producing images that are simply stunning in their dreamlike, lo-fi glory. I always enjoy looking at her photostream, for I know that I'll always find something that I really like.

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November 10, 2007

Mercy plays with dolls. Anatomically correct dolls. Well, maybe a little LARGER than life in certain anatomical areas, WINK WINK. SAVE 11

November 9, 2007

☻M€rcỲ☺ has completely changed - no, formed - my opinion of "doll photos," and greatly influenced my outlook concerning style and theme as it relates to photography in general; I greatly anticipate her future endeavors. What really strikes me, though, is the honesty and thoughtfulness she exhibits when commenting on… Read more

☻M€rcỲ☺ has completely changed - no, formed - my opinion of "doll photos," and greatly influenced my outlook concerning style and theme as it relates to photography in general; I greatly anticipate her future endeavors. What really strikes me, though, is the honesty and thoughtfulness she exhibits when commenting on other people's shots. She is truly one of flickr's greatest, and I'm honored to have her as a contact.

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August 23, 2007

She's a woman with a big heart and an eye for infinite doll photography variability. She takes the inanimate mimicry of humankind and makes it somehow fascinating.

August 12, 2007
Steve says:

☻M€rcỲ☺'s approach to photography is akin to the stance taken by Layard, the 19th century archaeologist who, faced with the bleak Abyssinian mounds fruitlessly gone over by Botta decades before him, gazed upon the rubble and said, "Dig here". She has plumbed the mannequinesque depths of digital imagery and brought for… Read more

☻M€rcỲ☺'s approach to photography is akin to the stance taken by Layard, the 19th century archaeologist who, faced with the bleak Abyssinian mounds fruitlessly gone over by Botta decades before him, gazed upon the rubble and said, "Dig here". She has plumbed the mannequinesque depths of digital imagery and brought forth treasures of dolldom that rival the unburying of Sargon's palace. I haven't the foggiest notion of what that means, but if I merely stated that, "She seems a decent sort of gal" it wouldn't fill up nearly enough space.

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July 24, 2007
Tiffany says:

Mercy is solely responsible for my latest addiction to ABJDs. She's my friggin hero! I think I'm in love! She's REALLY good at what she does. She makes her dolls come to life, and she sees the most remarkable things in the seemingly mundane. But yeah, everyone does that. The thing about Mercy is, she's able to … Read more

Mercy is solely responsible for my latest addiction to ABJDs. She's my friggin hero! I think I'm in love! She's REALLY good at what she does. She makes her dolls come to life, and she sees the most remarkable things in the seemingly mundane. But yeah, everyone does that. The thing about Mercy is, she's able to share that with the rest of us through her photography. Have I mentioned that I think I'm in love?

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July 23, 2007
M says:

Mercy's ability to bend light with her own will is nothing shot of amazing, she's a babe and and we are co-moderating the best group in the world. What more to ask?

July 22, 2007

I love mercy and I love her dolls. I hope I can get all of them to spend a weekend with me sometime. She also takes really neat photo's.

July 22, 2007

Sometimes on Flickr someone can change your mind about something. And ☻M€rcỲ☺ has made the photography of dolls actually rather interesting. She does moody b&w portraits too.

July 22, 2007
Stevie-B says:

Over the past (TIME PERIOD) I have come to regard (USERNAME) not so much as a friend, but more as someone I've never met. He/she* (Delete as applicable) is a true and trusted e-cquaintance.

July 22, 2007

An amazing talent! Mercy creates, through her photographs, a world where dolls come to life. She captures so much emotion and invokes such fantastic moods that sometimes you forget that what you're looking at is not a living thing!

July 22, 2007

M€rcỲ has a unique point of view and quality in her pictures. she manages to freak me out with them but i can't help but come back and look.

July 22, 2007
Eminent Rabbit (deleted)

Her photos will make you beg for more not less Mercy! The dolls look so real I could bring them home to mom.... but I would rather bring Mercy. Her attention to detail and lighting is what makes her photos a true spectacle to be had by all. Go ahead...Beg for more..I dare you!

July 22, 2007
Courageous Hospital (deleted)

Her pictures of dolls look like pictures of people - this is how it should be; what creeps me out though is when her shots of people look like shots of dolls...reality starts to fray, and i found myself in tesco earlier having to check the elbows of my fellow shoppers to make sure they weren't ball jointed mannequins..… Read more

Her pictures of dolls look like pictures of people - this is how it should be; what creeps me out though is when her shots of people look like shots of dolls...reality starts to fray, and i found myself in tesco earlier having to check the elbows of my fellow shoppers to make sure they weren't ball jointed mannequins... Cheers mercy - you've made me mentally iller.

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July 22, 2007

She's an absolute doll. I'd do her in an instant if she'd let me.

July 22, 2007

Mercy's photostream is crammed with lovely polaroids and gorgeous dolls yet I've never seen her post a polaroid of dolls. How bizarre.

July 22, 2007
Coordinated Vest (deleted)

Have M€rcỲ on me! She takes beautiful dolly pictures and has a razor sharp wit. A potent package indeed. I am proud to have her as a contact.

July 22, 2007

Mercy take terrific photos of dolls, and also takes pictures will Polaroids, which people seem to like for some reason.

July 22, 2007
deadpan soda (deleted)

mercy and i have put aside our differences and come together to form one of the great moderating teams of our time in First Comment. Although i am no longer a member of that group because she had me banned, i will always remember that amazing time of my life

July 22, 2007
Opposite Sort (deleted)

at first, I thought Mercy was a figment of my imagination...all i would see from her stream would be dolls. and to tell the truth, some of the dolls really fooled me sometimes... I think Mercy is hilarious...and i won't get on her bad side because I've seen her lash out before and it's not a pretty sight! she's… Read more

at first, I thought Mercy was a figment of my imagination...all i would see from her stream would be dolls. and to tell the truth, some of the dolls really fooled me sometimes... I think Mercy is hilarious...and i won't get on her bad side because I've seen her lash out before and it's not a pretty sight! she's an amazing gal!

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July 22, 2007
Jenn says:

This woman takes the MOST amazing photos of dolls EVER. When I look at the pornographic photos (you likely can't see them, you dweeb, because you're not her "friend" as I am) I *wank* and think that I wish I were a doll. Most importantly, were I a doll, I would commission Mercy to take my photos. I'd pay her FINE… Read more

This woman takes the MOST amazing photos of dolls EVER. When I look at the pornographic photos (you likely can't see them, you dweeb, because you're not her "friend" as I am) I *wank* and think that I wish I were a doll. Most importantly, were I a doll, I would commission Mercy to take my photos. I'd pay her FINE HIGH dollars to do so. She's also beautiful, although I've never seen her human face. I am sure that she is a beautiful woman.

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July 22, 2007
Secretive Oven (deleted)

☻M€rcỲ☺ is an adorable person who takes crazy awesome pictures of dolls! She is undoubtedly one of the most original photographers I've ever met in the virtual world.

June 18, 2007
mountainous government (deleted)

Makes me miss my barbie dolls. A terrific talent with her own vision to share ;-}

May 30, 2007

Mercy has a real talent for dressing up dolls and photographing them..and I mean that all in a serious and flattering tone. Besides the doll stuff though she has a great eye for photography in general.

May 22, 2007

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