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Self-portrait 51 of 52.

Featuring Gabriel Partington.
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~Jonpc042 Feb 6, 2011
To me, this doesn't say suicide. His face has that deranged, obsessive quality of regret mixed with attempted justification etched all over it. He is very much the still image of the phrase "Why did you have to make me do that?" Very creepy and evocative. And the way you are laying like that just gives me chills... Like there is much more to this story, a rich history full of conflict, obsession, fear, and ultimately passion that mingles with his deranged nature, culminating in this picture.

Wow, I went a little overboard on the guesswork, huh? Anyways, great picture. Very cold.
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~Halohid Feb 7, 2011
Not overboard at all! I loved it!

I agree: there is something in his pose which says murder rather than suicide. Its the way he's propped up on one hand. But I do love that its a bit ambiguous.

I like that you see this as just being one moment in the story. That is exactly what I go for in these concept shoots with actors. :D

Thank you!
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*lovina Jan 8, 2011   General Artist
oh wow, i imagined he walked in just after your suicide by hanging, and cut down the rope which is why it's frayed. and now he is mourning your loss and that he wasn't there in time to save you! that's the story i came up with anyway :P he looks so sad... great actor!
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~Halohid Jan 8, 2011
Funny you should say that. We had been working with the idea that he had killed me for a while then, for the last couple of shots, I told him to do whatever her wanted. I was being dead so not looking, and afterwards he told me that he'd shifted it to suicide in his mind for those last shots. This is why I love working with beautiful, trained actors like Gabe: they take initiative and tell stories. There are some models who do this also but I love my actors.
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*HalfGeniusHalfWit Jan 6, 2011
I'm not sure whether I find this tragic or darkly amusing. Somewhere between the two, perhaps.
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~Halohid Jan 8, 2011
:D I'm fine with either of those two.
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*HalfGeniusHalfWit Jan 9, 2011
Then I choose both! My favourite option :D
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~believe-hope Jan 2, 2011
this is an amazing concept and capture :)
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~Halohid Jan 8, 2011
Thank you very much, beautiful lady!
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~Halohid Jan 1, 2011
One of my favourite things about this shot is that Gabe is wearing a stick on tattoo. He is a very hardcore murderer.
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