Catrina
Catrina Figurine33 total reviews
Comment from donkeyoatey
I like this very much! Your notes are interesting, and I am glad you added Mr.. Riveras work in them (I am a collector). great composition, and a darn nice entry. Donkeyoatey
reply by the author on 11-Nov-2010
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I like this very much! Your notes are interesting, and I am glad you added Mr.. Riveras work in them (I am a collector). great composition, and a darn nice entry. Donkeyoatey
Comment Written 10-Nov-2010
reply by the author on 11-Nov-2010
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Thank you very much.
Nice to hear what you like so I'm not feeling lonely. It is impossible to be an artist and photographer in southern Mexico and not being influenced by Diego Rivera and Freida Kahlo. They are Icons here. Beloved and abused at the same. You won't believe how many bad replica and misused images are sold at the tourist trait.
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I have seen some! Bad reproductions are just that, an insult and BAD! thanks for the great note! Donkeyoatey
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Thank you again :-)
Comment from Robin Gillow
Nice idea and good balance is shown here. However the focusing is a little off and this detracts on the viewing front. You are of course, welcome to disagree. Robin
reply by the author on 10-Nov-2010
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Nice idea and good balance is shown here. However the focusing is a little off and this detracts on the viewing front. You are of course, welcome to disagree. Robin
Comment Written 10-Nov-2010
reply by the author on 10-Nov-2010
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Thank you very much. i appreciate your kind review and your input.
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My pleasure, I enjoyed viewing this piece. Robin
Comment from Mama336
I like the storytelling of Catrina. The close up shot of the subject is nice and the lighting is good.
reply by the author on 09-Nov-2010
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I like the storytelling of Catrina. The close up shot of the subject is nice and the lighting is good.
Comment Written 09-Nov-2010
reply by the author on 09-Nov-2010
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Thank you, I appreciate your kind review very much.
Comment from naturephotography
i am not sure what to say about this one. i like it.. but at the same i dont. not because it is a bad shot.. it just freaks me out a little. but then that is what makes it a great shot. LOL.. i am rambling. i have never seen anything like this. great colors and very gracious and "patient" LOL model. :) thank you for sharing this... made me smile. :)
reply by the author on 09-Nov-2010
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i am not sure what to say about this one. i like it.. but at the same i dont. not because it is a bad shot.. it just freaks me out a little. but then that is what makes it a great shot. LOL.. i am rambling. i have never seen anything like this. great colors and very gracious and "patient" LOL model. :) thank you for sharing this... made me smile. :)
Comment Written 09-Nov-2010
reply by the author on 09-Nov-2010
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Thank you for your kind review. I think one has to be familiar with the different traditions and the very different view of death itself in Latin America to understand the meaning of the Calacas [skeletons] including La Catrina. It is not easy to understand their place in Mexican culture and the celebrations of the Day of the Death. I tried to give a introduction in my comments.
Comment from lippi1
Cleo...I am in love..wish I had more stars..this is crazy cute..I just love her...you really are a creative one with a great sense of humor..and there she is...one of the ladies from the red hat society..she's been in the club a long time..lol very cool..hope you entered this in a halloween contest..
reply by the author on 09-Nov-2010
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Cleo...I am in love..wish I had more stars..this is crazy cute..I just love her...you really are a creative one with a great sense of humor..and there she is...one of the ladies from the red hat society..she's been in the club a long time..lol very cool..hope you entered this in a halloween contest..
Comment Written 09-Nov-2010
reply by the author on 09-Nov-2010
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Thank you very, very much for your review and the kind wishes. This is my own Catrina. A Mayan friend of us had made the body some time back from papermache. I have dressed her myself.
The photo is very controvers. It seems to be on of these were people emphatically like or dislike the subject with nothing between.
Comment from einyv
very interesting story behind the picture, Only real criticism would be the lighting is bright but i am guessing under the conditions that was the only way to get the shot. I am happy you shared it because i didn't know about the story behind the catrina .
Initial impact 5
story telling ability 5
color harmony 5
technical ability 5
center of interest 5
Composition 5
lighting 4.5
focus 5
reply by the author on 09-Nov-2010
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very interesting story behind the picture, Only real criticism would be the lighting is bright but i am guessing under the conditions that was the only way to get the shot. I am happy you shared it because i didn't know about the story behind the catrina .
Initial impact 5
story telling ability 5
color harmony 5
technical ability 5
center of interest 5
Composition 5
lighting 4.5
focus 5
Comment Written 09-Nov-2010
reply by the author on 09-Nov-2010
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Thank you for you kind review. I have to admit that I have lighted it that harsh with the shadow eating some away at the left in purpose. I even used artificial light against my usual style to emphasize the juxtaposition of the battered, almost white scull and the elegance in companionship with the contemporary tradition of the calacas in Mexican art and culture and in the celebrations of the Day of the Death.
Comment from emeraldheart
Great initial impact with this creative presentation.To see all the beauty has escaped her.Leaving this elegant skull all dressed up.Good colors to bring her to life. With good focus and lighting to add interest.Wonderful notes.Great entry.Enjoyed.Thank you.
reply by the author on 09-Nov-2010
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Great initial impact with this creative presentation.To see all the beauty has escaped her.Leaving this elegant skull all dressed up.Good colors to bring her to life. With good focus and lighting to add interest.Wonderful notes.Great entry.Enjoyed.Thank you.
Comment Written 08-Nov-2010
reply by the author on 09-Nov-2010
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Thank you very much for your great review.
Comment from littletree
Very clear and detailed photo. She is attractive, yet repelling. Really interesting photo and artist notes. I learned something new today! Thank you!
reply by the author on 09-Nov-2010
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Very clear and detailed photo. She is attractive, yet repelling. Really interesting photo and artist notes. I learned something new today! Thank you!
Comment Written 08-Nov-2010
reply by the author on 09-Nov-2010
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Thank You! I appreciate your kind review very much.
Comment from DeeZ
Excellent entry for this contest. Great artist notes...but with one "literal" translation addition.. La Noche de Brujas literally translated means the The Night of Whores :) LOL! At any rate...she fits the bill :) Great posting.
reply by the author on 09-Nov-2010
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Excellent entry for this contest. Great artist notes...but with one "literal" translation addition.. La Noche de Brujas literally translated means the The Night of Whores :) LOL! At any rate...she fits the bill :) Great posting.
Comment Written 08-Nov-2010
reply by the author on 09-Nov-2010
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Thank you very much for your encouraging review and your translation. It translates in European Spanish to whores. I checked my Dictionaries. Only a older Bantam edition [1987] provides only this translation. My Larousse [2004] has only the witch translation. It's the point of view I think. If you ask the native people here the translate with witch. At the Yucatan almost nothing translates literally. But it isn't so far from each other as it seems since the Ixtabay, the famous and most beautiful looking witch of the Mayans is said to have been a 'bad woman' as ahuman before she got eternity as a witch. Also to be a whore and/or a witch is a more less respectable occupation at the Yucatan it just accounts on how and were the work is done.
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Exactly! :) Good work and research on your part :)
Comment from avmurray
What a horror. A bit out of focus
I have looked at:
Initial impact
Story telling ability
Light and shade
Color
Texture
Technique
Composition
Focal point
Framing
Originality
All worth 4.5 stars.
reply by the author on 10-Nov-2010
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What a horror. A bit out of focus
I have looked at:
Initial impact
Story telling ability
Light and shade
Color
Texture
Technique
Composition
Focal point
Framing
Originality
All worth 4.5 stars.
Comment Written 08-Nov-2010
reply by the author on 10-Nov-2010
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Thank you for your kind review. I have to admit that the strange lighting and the bit out of focus is intentional. The focus is not on the skull. It is on two points; the hat and the jewelry in order to emphatize the juxtaposition of elegance and the almost white battered scull in relation the contemporary nature of the figurine in Mexican art and culture.