Pani Walewska of XXI Century

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By: Studio East

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Photographer	Studio East {Karma:3349}
Project	#25 Characters	Camera Model	Nikon 2Dx
Categories	Portrait	Film Format
Portfolio	Faces	Lens	Nikkor 50/1.8
Uploaded	7/6/2006	Film / Memory Type	Lexar 1GB
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Views	574	Shutter
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Critiques	20	Rating	6.17 / 3 Ratings
Location	City - Warsaw State - Country - Poland
About	Her life was full of intrigues, loves and treasons. It reminds me about Famose Pani Walewska. For those who doesn't know who she was, here is a short historical note. After a brief informal meeting two months earlier when they were impressed with each other, Countess Marie Walewska formally meets Napoleon Bonaparte at a ball in Warsaw. When Napoleon notes her husband is three times her age, and as he is taken with her charms, he unsuccessfully tries to seduce her. She ignores his frequent letters and flowers until a few grim Polish leaders led by Senator Malachowski urge her to give into his desires as a personal sacrifice in order to save Poland. She goes to him despite the humiliation of her husband, who leaves for Rome to annul their marriage. They are extremely happy for a while; Napoleon divorces childless Empress Josephine and Marie eventually becomes pregnant. She is about to tell Napoleon about her baby when he tells her he decided to marry Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria. He explains it will be a political marriage to insure his future son could rule securely with Hapsburg blood in him. It will not affect their relationship, he says, but Marie Walewska leaves to have her baby alone without telling Napoleon she is expecting his child.

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Studio East

{K:3349} 7/9/2006

Thanks Martin :-)

Martin .

{K:24957} 7/8/2006

Sin,

Wonderful capture, as well as a awesome story to go with it my friend,

Martin

Studio East

{K:3349} 7/7/2006

thanks Bob

Studio East

{K:3349} 7/7/2006

Thank you Giulio for your flattering comment.

Giulio Rotelli {K:28441} 7/7/2006

very good shot: good in composition and so great in the capture of so intense expression. She give us an incredible sense of sadness and resignation!
Well done the sepia choice and so rich in face,s skin details.
The only critique: put it in th Arold Newman photoproject, it could win a BIP.

Bob Wallace {K:698} 7/7/2006

Excellent photograph. Excellent notes. Great idea to illustrate a historical story with a modern era image.

Good use of sepia. Good focus and DOF.

Just a tiny thing, but there's a white spot in her hair that you might wish to clone away. Hot pixel?

Studio East

{K:3349} 7/7/2006

nie moge uwierzyc..:-)

Angel Dust {K:75} 7/7/2006

good one though.

Studio East

{K:3349} 7/7/2006

thanks

Marija Ristic {K:4136} 7/7/2006

Fantastic story-telling portrait, bravo!

Studio East

{K:3349} 7/6/2006

Thanks Cesira

Studio East

{K:3349} 7/6/2006

Dziekije Jacku

cesira urzi {K:1828} 7/6/2006

Beautiful portrait, and thanks for the short history lesson!

Jacek M. {K:2999} 7/6/2006

Swietny portret...Tonacja pasuje do ujecia.Ciekawa historia!
Gratuluje i pozdrawiam

Studio East

{K:3349} 7/6/2006

Thank you Michael

Studio East

{K:3349} 7/6/2006

Thank you Pierro

Piero Somma {K:13399} 7/6/2006

GREAT!
ciao

Michael Charles {K:4348} 7/6/2006

This face has a story of its own....good story you have tho....a thousand word photo

Studio East

{K:3349} 7/6/2006

Thank you Pablo

Pablo Dylan

{K:63918} 7/6/2006

Great Portrait!!!

Pablo

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