2008-06-18 // 13:32:18
nanako
fantastic idea :) so so soooo lovely!!

^ oh--thank you, nanako! i've been having fun experimenting with this camera--and cornstarch and broken pearl necklaces...though my apartment is now in shambles.

2008-05-27 // 12:55:51
CDR
So how did you do this?

Did you have a photographer's assistant?

It's really amazing... And unlike me, don't think this is copying emilie at all. Quite unique.

^ yes, i had an assistant, because this camera has no viewfinder, no self timer, and doesn't fit on my tripod! it is a big hulk of an ID camera, with a pola back. but it has lights that you can position on the subject so you can approximate the all-important framing. for both, i had to make a little frame with my hands of what i wanted, and my assistant (who wore a spangled red swimsuit) aimed the lights in between, and then took the pic!

2008-05-26 // 22:39:10
Amandine
girl's broken dreams or star dust?

^ aha! yes, my first idea was akin to broken dreams--broke and scattered, i thought. but i didn't want to dedicate something so maudlin to emilie!

2008-05-26 // 22:19:14
CDR
clever girl.

and what sensible shoes you always pick.

^ a pair for every occasion. these are my "oh no! my necklace just broke!" shoes. so then, afterwards, i had to go change into my "mustn't slip on scattered pearls! " shoes. v. sensible.

2008-05-26 // 16:18:19
Esther.Z.Schnickenacke
This is great. I love the shadow of that one pearl on your leg.

^ thank you for that comment, because i love your work! and so i painted the shadow on that leg myself, hoping you would like it.

2008-05-26 // 15:29:56
joster

So that little pearl there is actually out beloved pear, going his own way throughout Europe? I always knew he was a gem, I just didn't think it was so literal!

^ of course! pearl minus the L = ...!

2008-05-26 // 15:07:02
joster

I love what you've created here. Hope to see more pola-stories in this format!

The three little sibling pearls falling by your right leg does it for me. But then I wonder why that poor little pearl in the top right has to fall all by itself. Too distant relative to the others?

^ oh-thanks so much for that encouragement! i have so much fun with that ID camera, and also make such a big mess in the apartment. yes, in fact, a distant relative. not like the others; prefers to go its own way, see more of the world, take chances. the world is its oyster! a small suitcase is dropping down, just out of view...

2008-05-26 // 14:35:30
emilie79
what camera did you use??
is the top one a selfportrait? i really like it!
and btw, this doesnt even look like a copycat to me, eventhough you did use the same technique. theres something unique about it, that's also very different from what you usually do. Very interesting, in my opinion!

^ i will have to take a picture of this camera--it's so funny! my friend rescued it from the human resources department at his workplace. it's an ID camera with a polaroid back, and since the department is going digital, they were just throwing this camera away! no viewfinder, like i said, but it has a timer and you can change the exposure. yes, top is self portrait--actually, wearing a shirt i bought at kookai when i was in paris!! (thanks so much!)

2008-05-26 // 14:22:42
emilie79
hahaha ;p
nice how you captured the very moment of the fall, and how the letters mimick that. that's a great idea!

^ the top shot was actually more difficult, because, you know--no viewfinder on those cameras, but the bottom one was fun, because it could be more random! like i said--it's difficult to copy you and do it well, so i am so relieved that you like this!

2008-05-26 // 14:09:18
emilie79
dont tell me you broke that necklace just for the pic though..?!

^ hee hee--necklace in top pic, no... i bought a copy at a flea market for $1.00, and had a lot of fun breaking it and then slipping on the beads before they rolled out of sight under the furniture! *sigh*

2008-05-26 // 14:06:29
emilie79
oh! i love it:)) thankyou, girl!
and it's really good to see you back here. i've been missing your pics a lot!

^ oh! i'm so happy! kinda dorky, but i realized while i was trying your technique that it is very easy to make a *bad* copy-- you are really inimitable... you create such atmosphere and tell another piece of the story with your words. thank you so much, dear-- i've been missing all of you!