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Published: 2005-11-22 15:49:23 +0000 UTC; Views: 3198; Favourites: 68; Downloads: 670
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*EDIT 11/24/05 - changed the title. it feels just right.i just awoke from a dream where some faceless someone was imploring
me to put this photo in my gallery. he pleaded,
"you must do it! it's the missing 5th!
it's the missing 5th!"
what's weird is.. there are 4 other piercing shots in my gallery.
so this indeed makes 5.
scenario - after lyndze got her piercings put in for the PURE show ([link] )
a photographer in the dressing room took her down one flight
of stairs to a landing with a light overhead to make some frames.
i made this candid shot from the top of the stairs.
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this is amazing katia. i love the interplay of shadow and light!
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i am absolutely in love with this piece, the shadows are gorgeous, and so is the model's pose. amazing, amazing work!
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I wished you were using film instead of digital, the photo would look better. It wouldn't have these peculiar dots. But that is just a small detail which I personally see.
And indeed I am quite cross with you that you kept this photo for yourself so long. It is great. It looks a bit as if she was a blind person, facing the wall, not knowing where she is. On the other hand, the fact that the wall ends so suddenly on the left makes it look as if she was a guinea pig in an experiment, in a man-built labyrinth, testing something. The light and the big, black areas make the photo creepy. Wonderful composition!!
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oh coolies!!! That's an awesome pic!! it's like a darker version of the David Bowie movie!!! 
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i'm glad you like it kara! i love bowie..
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Ooh, I love the dream story. I love the photo, as I love all your photos, but the dream story is my favorite. Dream stories are harder to come by.
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dream stories are very cool. i used to have dreams telling me about
photoshoots i needed to do. it would show me where to go, who to
bring and what needed to be done from what angles.
haha..
seriously!
how cool is that?
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The dream world is so fantastical. Everything about dreams, really, is unparalleled. My boyfriend was telling me the story of a dream this afternoon, and as he told it, he realized how true to life a lot of the details were -- the crack in his window and other things he'd never noticed in real life until they appeared in that dream. Tell me more dream stories?
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really cool - I like the strong spotlight on the girl and darkness around..
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It's difficult to believe this is a candid. You, I am certain, got the best shot taken of her that night. I love the way she's in this pool of light at the bottom of a dark pit. You get the feeling she's so very far away, or so tiny, like a doll.
To me, there is the illusion that she might be standing towards the wall or away from it. It's her thumbs that really give me a sense of her body placement, but when I focus only on her torso and head, I can "see" her facing outwards. It's really a very cool trick of the eyes.
I love the hard shadow from her arm traveling down the wall and the bright light on the skin on her arms. Just beautiful.
Loving the grainy feel to this. It really sucks you in and down and towards the girl.
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THIS, to me..is black and white photography done RIGHT. grainy. empty space. RAW. and a bit sexual with the light on this pretty girl..
your words in the description are only like icing on the cake to me..and it was nice to see these shots that I remember you telling me you would be getting of the piercings and what not. very interesting (especially with that dream, too! you are wonderful in a weird sort of way 
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thanks for yr lovely words honey.
there are sooooo many photos i have that
i'd love to bring here and share ... but..
a lot of them are very edgy, yes.
kind of tiptoeing the line
of what is even allowed here.
but.. we'll see.
thanks for all yr support dear.
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Words are missing for comments at the moment. ( maybe cause i'm too tired )
This shot is wonderful. as usual the mood is amazing. It bring me in a underground world.
The darkness around the light show me the end, the model look traped in a place where
theres no exit and no way back.
Kat you're so talented 
Thx for sharing.
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The fact that you managed to capture that strong scene, without any set up sends shivers down my spine.
The good kinda shivers!
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oooooo shiverrrrrrs.. love that. thanks o much.
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Absolutely beautiful. God, what an amazing use of space and richness of tone. The ambiguity of time is so impactful and leaves the viewer to wonder so much about both the surroundings and the individual depicted...and that angle on the left wall...what an amazing way to give some variation to the black space.
CBC
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Absolutely beautiful. God, what an amazing use of space and richness of tone. The ambiguity of time is so impactful and leaves the viewer to wonder so much about both the surroundings and the individual depicted...and that angle on the left wall...what an amazing way to give some variation to the black space.
CBC
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thanks for visiting charles. such a wonderful comment that really
left me feeling that you 'saw' this photo as opposed to
just looked at it. i'm very grateful for that dear.
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i love the surrounding of black all around her
you've created some sense of fear but with excitment, the mood is great
great candid shot
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Looks like she's trying to get the emergency exit!
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i hate labyrinths... need a giant can opener katia.
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i think i would be afraid to go in one.
but i would anyway.
that feeling of being trapped and
not knowing how to get out..well, that
might be exhilaratingly frightening.
yes, i would def. do it.
i always like to face fears head on.
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HMM... this photo screams thriller plus the all silence and image noise dicotomy, brilliant composition as always
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beautiful amount of black, its hard to make this small amount of white look good, but you deffinetly pulled it off. magnificent lighting, an all around wonderful shot.
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thanks so much dear. i know what you mean about all the black
with the small amt of white. but yea, for this it seems to work.
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* Visions of David Bowie shall now haunt his dreams... *
Thanks for the wonderful photo! She is TOTALLY the 5th element, I can see it. And her hot sexy lips and firey orange hair, wow. She's beautiful.
Take care,
-Matt-
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hahaha.. you're NUTS matthew!!! i love it...
happy thanksgiving dear.
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You are the BEST. If there was no internet in Cairo I'd have it installed just to look at your photos.
What else can I say? Why are you not here taking photos with me? And sitting there for hours looking at the Sphinx and listening to his secrets?
Your dream was pretty accurate. Give a rose to your subsconscious from me.
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damn honey, you are making me yearn and ache and BURN over here not being there with you.
i can just see you staring out of the window totally magentized by the sphinx and i would
be completely absorbed in watching you in your rapture.
that's me you know. i never watch 'the show' -
i watch the people watching the show....
i hate that you have to come back to the cold.
you better not leave your soul there this time.
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I do that too, at times. Watching people watching.
You: I bet my nonexistent camel that if you saw the Sphinx you'd forget watching me. Believe me. He's been watching for so many thousands of years, it shows on his face, and I can't compete with that
The other day I was in my fave caff and the waiter brought me a burning and smoking plate with ShishTawouk, my face must have been so funny because the men at the next table laughed and yelled: HELP! FIRE!
You'd love the Egyptians, dear.
And don't forget: it's 30 degrees here, you don't need any SOCKS
And yeah reading the monkey's journal is a treat. You know how he writes.
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and it looks like taken from a dream too, i can almost hear the buzzing of the lamp
missing 5th shot
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from a dream, yesss.. funny how i did not see that until
it was mentioned and now it's all i see/feel.
a labyrinth..
hmm, that would make a good title actually.
feels just right.
i like the taste of the faceless one
i love that line. *grin*
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I love the feeling and emotion, very trapped and alone....I would love to see all the peircing photos available for sale I really enjoyed the whole series.
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hello sweetpea...
trapped and alone, yes i feel that here too.
as far as making them available for prints, why yes.
i will. 2 of them are already and in the next days
the rest will be as well. thanks for the nudge.
hope all is well with you dear.
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lol I'm available for a nudge anytime
Can't wait to see all your brilliant photos available
I can decoate my house with a iamkatia theme
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your comments are never disappointing!!! hahaha..
thanks baby.
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