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Oui, Mon Prince !
J'ai mis un porte-jarretelles en dentelle et des bas fins en nylon pour toi, mon Prince !
Masks is a portrait series dealing on identity.
We hide behind different masks that we use in different contexts.
With social media, identity is no longer solid but a liquid abstraction. Photography has turned into a tool for its fiction. In the times of big data and automatic facial recognition, it's not who you are, it's what you show.
Through the polaroid, the image becomes an object, a link to the real world. Which is pierced and hidden under a simplified but aesthetically constructed mask.
Detail from a photo that I took at in museum in Belgium of a sculpture. The mask fits better after putting in the metal for the bridge of the nose & strap adjustments.
I have seen many of these fantastic masks but this is one of my favourites. The expression and the use of the grain of the wood is incredible.
Greenlandic masks are known primarily in an East Greenlandic context which can be described as a genuine mask culture. Only a few examples of masks can be found in West Greenland and here the artistic expression is totally different.
Not much is known about the role of masks in traditional societies and not many masks exist prior to the turn of the century. The reason may lie in the mask`s strong personal link with its owner. Masks have often followed their owners to the grave or perhaps been destroyed at death. Another theory is that the mask`s power was so great that it had to be destroyed after use in a cult context.
East Greenlandic masks are often destribed as dancing masks to be used in connection with different kinds of ceremonies or lamp extinguishing games. Theatrical masks were used for entertainment and house masks, which were smaller than the others, represented a domestic spirit and protected the home and its members.
Image taken at Greenland National Museum in Nuuk. The museum has exhibitions that cover all of Greenland’s history during 4.500 years. From the first Arctic Stone Age Cultures, the Norse settlements, the arrival of the Thule culture – the ancestors to the present Inuit to the gradual transition to modern Greenland.
Masks is a portrait series dealing on identity.
We hide behind different masks that we use in different contexts.
With social media, identity is no longer solid but a liquid abstraction. Photography has turned into a tool for its fiction. In the times of big data and automatic facial recognition, it's not who you are, it's what you show.
Through the polaroid, the image becomes an object, a link to the real world. Which is pierced and hidden under a simplified but aesthetically constructed mask.
My granddaughter shows her mask at what was left of the Carnival of Venice, 2020, near the beginning of the novel Coronavirus outbreak.
This album is posted on 19 Mar 2020 as an antidote to all the bad news about Covid-19 in Italy, and Venice in particular. The photographs were made at what should have been a high point of Carnival. Unfortunately, one the day before Shrove Tuesday Italy shut down Carnival celebrations, including in Venice.
For my family's part, we arrived as the full force of the outbreak was just beginning to strike Italy. It was our good fortune to be able see and enjoy our planned itinerary with only one or two cancellations, and to arrive back home in good health.
All best wishes for good health go to the Italian people as they deal with the virus.
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Mural by MERO aka @themerok for Mural Mania, seen in the Racine Avenue viaduct north of 16th Street in the Pilsen area of Chicago, Illinois.
Photo by James aka @urbanmuralhunter on that other photo site.
Edit by Teee
We're Here looking at ourselves on a Sunday.
I would have titled this something like "Masked Portrait," but every portrait I take involves a mask.
Elastic is becoming as scarce as toilet paper was some time ago. Who knew that would be a thing. I've never eBayed a thing in my life but first time today to source 3mm elastic.
This is black plastic mask, but these lights made it nearly real looking skin.
62. Body parts.
This is my 100 Pictures project. The idea is to photograph 100 photos for given tittles.
Macro Mondays ~ Keeping it Cool
A gel bead eye mask chilled in the fridge is heavenly on a hot day. It's also great for soothing sinus pressure and headaches and is a whole lot cuter than a frozen bag of peas which could do the same job :):)
Happy Macro Monday to All!
How do you do, Flickrverse,
This is the shot I was talking about yesterday - as you can see the final frame I chose did not show off the cool window, nevertheless I liked its composition and went for this one.
Continuing my Masque series I am exploring the subject of anonymity and duality the mask provides. At times a mask is so strong it might take over. An Iron Mask is for me associated with the famous novel and skeletons in the closet of the notorious novelty.
Model - Andrei
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Noh masks (能面 nō-men or 面 omote) all have names. They are carved from blocks of Japanese cypress (檜 "hinoki"), and painted with natural pigments on a neutral base of glue and crunched seashell.
Usually only the shite, the main actor, wears a mask. However, in some cases, the tsure may also wear a mask, particularly in the case of female roles. Noh masks portray female or nonhuman (divine, demonic, or animal) characters. There are also Noh masks to represent youngsters or old men. On the other hand, a Noh actor who wears no mask plays a role of an adult man in his twenties, thirties, or forties. The side player, the waki, wears no mask either.
Several types of masks, in particular those for female roles, are designed so that slight adjustments in the position of the head can express a number of emotions such as fear or sadness due to the variance in lighting and the angle shown towards the audience. With some of the more extravagant masks for deities and monsters, however, it is not always possible to convey emotion. Usually, however, these characters are not frequently called to change emotional expression during the course of the scene, or show emotion through larger body language.
~from Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noh#Masks
National Cultural Properties inJapan
Exhibition of NPO 三河三座 (Nonprofit Organization, Mikawasanza group) at the Toyohashi City Art Museum. Toyohashi city, Aichi Pref. Japan
Farrah Fawcett and Richard Madden as repainted and styled by Noel Cruz (he also added hair to molded haired Richard) www.ncruz.com wearing scrubs by Cotswold Collectibles at www.gijoeelite.com. Farrah's french tip manicured hands are by Pure Icon Paris on eBay at www.ebay.com/usr/pure-icon-paris.
Wearing blue and pink face masks by MyDollAsylum on Instagram at www.instagram.com/mydollasylum/ on eBay www.ebay.com/usr/area.59.
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Mask minus the necessary embroidery.
For my sister's birthday. She's a huge Nightmare before Christmas fan.
Strobist: Right strobe: Metz 58. 1/16. Through 60x60 softbox. Cactus Trigger.
The other flash (on the left) failed to go off.
So the other photos had better lighting.
And wow! - softbox makes my skin look 10 x better.
But there was something about this mistake that I liked best of all.
Oh, yeah. The mask was a 'paint-your-own' mask from the kids section in the pound shop. Bargain.
An F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft pilot assigned to the 480th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron fastens his breathing mask to his helmet Jan. 30, 2015, during a flying training deployment at Souda Bay, Greece. The aircraft conducted the training as part of bilateral deployment between the Greek and U.S. air forces to develop interoperability and cohesion between the two NATO partners. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joe W. McFadden/Released)