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I went into this session with high hopes but very low expectations. I knew the fire would consume the grass quickly, leaving scant time to compose and shoot. Lighting, poses, smoke density and wind drift, personal safety, not to mention core creativity, all had to come together in a matter of minutes. No pressure here; the ultimate spontaneity.
I was hoping for a sort of deranged Drew Barrymore look from the film Firestarter. What I did not expect was a series of images where Jill appears calm, serene, and utterly indifferent to the inferno rising behind her. Here she seems to float on wings of fire in striking contact to the white dress. It's like a clash of elements. The subtext is one of female empowerment and self assurance. A wonderful dichotomy of drama and beauty.
F-15E Strike Eagle (91-0300) at Nellis AFB for Red Flag 15-3.
Assigned to 391st Fighter Squadron "Bold Tigers", 366th Fighter Wing "Gunfighters".
All images © Allen Rockwell 2008
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One impossible woman
straightening the chaos
she herself had brought
ashore.
P.S. She won.
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The late-night
conversations,
the laughter, the
lessons, the Portuguese
sailor shirts,
the
folded paper notes, the
man
who kissed her forehead
and
said he was going to
help her heal
were gone.
Yes, that man who
watched her
spread towels,
rattle ice cubes,
invent seventeen
characters...
and said,
"All right.
What are we trying
tonight?"
But even with all that
life beside her,
she remembered Khamis,
the man from Egypt.
She remained single by choice.
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Jean's Soundtrack 🎵
Ain't No Man Alive Can Handle Me
m.youtube.com/watch?v=MJP9GXyh5qk
Bertha Mae Lightning
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Boom Boom
m.youtube.com/watch?v=oWHDEPVQFhk
Tony Joe White (Original by John Lee Hooker)
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Jackson
youtu.be/_HM_gPFsDpc?si=sb8VdAHd1eQN8DYJ
The Hillbilly Moon Explosion
feat. Sparky (Written by Billy Edd Wheeler and Jerry Leiber)
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Lay Lady Lay
youtu.be/LhzEsb2tNbI?si=EmPjFRZxGEqSycow
Bob Dylan
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Golden
youtu.be/83_Czn6a4KA?si=ojQhshBIR1tmn6Rz
A Girl Called Eddy
USAF, Mc Donnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle, cn 1250, reg 92-0366, marked WA/92-366. Participant in the Red Flag 2016-1 at Nellis AFB (KLSV)
50 flags, each stained with dirt from one of the 50 United States. Then one flag stained with dirt from all the states. Installation at Fort Mason in San Francisco.
General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon
F-16C Block 25C Viper
64th Aggressor Squadron
Red Flag 15-3
Nellis AFB, USA
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The Boeing E-3 Sentry, commonly known as AWACS, is an American airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft developed by Boeing. Derived from the Boeing 707, it provides all-weather surveillance, command, control, and communications, and is used by the United States Air Force, NATO, Royal Air Force, French Air Force, and Royal Saudi Air Force. The E-3 is distinguished by the distinctive rotating radar dome above the fuselage. Production ended in 1992 after 68 aircraft had been built.