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Finding buried treasure

Finding buried treasure by Bah Humbug.
We were walking in the woods, talking about how it would be just the place to find a buried body. It made us think of Anathallo's excellent album cover. So, in the moment, we decided to recreate it.

Edit----Wow. I wanted to find out who the photographer of the album art was, and I got more than I bargained for. His name is Tim Lowly, except what I thought was a photo was a painting. Can you believe it? You can find out the story behind the painting by reading this review of the art exhibition. There are a few details that make the story poignant: the model in the painting is the artist's only child, Temma, who has been physically and mentally disabled since birth. She was 14 in the painting.

I kind of feel guilty about making a parody of the image now that I know how serious the subject-matter was. And yet, it really wasn't out of mockery that we made this photo, but because the painting was so powerful and memorable that we wanted to recreate it. 

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brodseba  Pro User  says:

Very dramatic composition. The dull colors also add to the "feel".
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iammacgirl  Pro User  says:

Beautiful shot and homage Esther...the light in the upper right of the image is just wonderful...
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Bah Humbug  Pro User  says:

Yeah macgirl, light in the evenings is usually so cool!
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Jonath@nR  Pro User  says:

Oh !! étonnant ce que l'on trouve dans la forêt ! Original !
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t i m o  Pro User  says:

Hmm. Nice photograph: tribute or otherwise.

Actually Temma is now 23. She was 14 when the reference photographs for the painting were taken.
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Bah Humbug  Pro User  says:

Wow, thanks for commenting Tim, I didn't know you were on Flickr! :)
As you can see, I was really struck by your painting. I will be sure to follow the works you post here!
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