Mythos Esoteros

[kambriel]

Photographer: Rebekah Boyle
Model : Wednesday Mourning
Wardrobe: Kambriel

This image personifying "Medea" is the first from what will be an epic series of photographic art inspired by numerous goddesses and female legends from ancient times, inhabiting the world of magic and myth:



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Comments

[johannajanette.livejournal.com]

Absolutely gorgeous and powerful!

ooo...the fabric on those sleeves is *beautiful*!!!

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I thought the dagger shapes fit well with the Medea theme. I'm looking forward to the other views as well, because there is some gorgeous long lace trim on the bottom of this tunic style dress (which is loosely based on my Lavande Gown (http://www.kambriel.com/lava.html)).

[lady-amaranth.livejournal.com]

Absolutely beautiful, I love Wednesday's work. I'd love to have been part of that series - such a wonderful idea!

[jola.livejournal.com]

oooh, i like how the knife and her bangs are lined up, it's such a nice symetrical shot :) must see more ...

[maudelynn.livejournal.com]

very very lovely :D
i need to hop by your
page and have a look see

[jrotica.livejournal.com]

a masterpiece!

[obsequious.livejournal.com]

I really like this, and love themes of this nature in art. In the too-weird-to-be-true-but-it-is-anyway department, Laura was completely set on doing something very, very(I mean, very!) similar to this, and compiling it into a table book, or something of that nature.

[kerrykate.livejournal.com]

whoa! very beautiful and eye catching loooove it! cant wait to see the rest..

[greenjeanz.livejournal.com]

Stunning!

[ex-pennydrea364.livejournal.com]

Very cool idea for a photo shoot!

[slipshodsally.livejournal.com]

I can't wait to see more. Love the sharp dagger like fabric!

[bluegirlb.livejournal.com]

oh, lovely!

[kawakiisakazuki.livejournal.com]

Eep!
This is all the more scary, following your previous post :p

[gothique1.livejournal.com]

wonderfully captured image :)

[anricat.livejournal.com]

Oooh, very nice. I wish I could see the outfit better, but the sleeves are super nice.

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

Hopefully one of the other images shows the full outfit, so you can see more of the fabrics/details. It has a jacquard center panel, velvet on the sides, and really long, heavy lace trim on the bottom, with a matching velvet skirt for underneath since the top is the length of a long tunic.

Glad to hear your bike was fixed so quickly! I had a problem like you had on my bike *way back when*, and it was horrible... ended in stitches! I'm just glad that besides the scrapes, you were o.k.

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

Ha! It wasn't quite that bad ;)

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

You and Wednesday would be quite a powerful combination!

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

Very perceptive of you to pick up on that, and yes, there will be many more shots from this series!

Happy Birthday!!! :)

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much!
I hope you'll enjoy visiting my website :)

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Wednesday is a great model :)

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Rebekah has done some amazing shoots :)

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

What's with these ladies with brilliant ideas for photo shoots? ;)

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

Thanks Kim! You're the same way with fabric choices, always going a bit beneath the surface to come up with just the perfect thing :) I'm looking forward to seeing more of your stock for Dallas too!

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

This was Wednesday's idea to do the series ~ it's very inspirational with a wealth of depth behind each of the personas :)

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :)

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

I am so pleased you enjoyed it :) I'm looking forward to the entire series coming to fruition ~ it will be quite a body of work!

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

How strange, and yet I'm not surprised at all. She and I had a similar mindset... a lot in common.

I was thinking the same thing ~ once complete, this series would make an incredible book.

[greenjeanz.livejournal.com]

No prob. :)

[bluegirlb.livejournal.com]

inspiring wearable art, no doubt!

[halloweenvision.livejournal.com]

Darkly Divine; arm in the lace material look like snakes that are twisting upwards into and with the branches of a moving tree. What a beautiful Wednesday.

Oh no...

[aneke.livejournal.com]

i love the image--

BUT i am disappointed by the intention. and surprised no mythology buffs mentioned it here, either. I feel strongly that Medea was not the villianess portrayed here, someone who seems to be looking forward to inflicting cruel death.

Ok, true she DID murder her children, but she certainly didn't do so with a dark pout on her face. as misguided and wrong as it was she felt forced to do so to end her painful relationship with Jason.

in the most famous treatment of Medea, Euripedes' play of the same name, she is portrayed (in some passages surprisingly sympathetically) as a heroine gone-bad, thanks in no-small part to Jason being a complete jerk. She is a complex and reluctant villian, misguided by love and fate.

It's hard to explain. The only thing that comes close is Nicole Kidman in "The Others," where you almost feel sorry for her character. But it seems wrong to portray the crime like she's some crazy Elizabeth Bathory. in fact i'd have to re-read the Euripedes text, but i think she was crying when she did it.

but yes, love the image.

Re: Oh no...

[aneke.livejournal.com]

OK I re-read the murder scenes. There isn't any indication that she's crying per se and it's off stage:

"O heart of mine, steel thyself! Why do I hesitate to do the awful deed that must be done? Come, take the sword, thou wretched hand of mine! Take it, and advance to the post whence starts thy life of sorrow! Away with cowardice! Give not one thought to thy babes, how dear they are or how thou art their mother. This one brief day forget thy children dear, and after that lament; for though thou wilt slay them yet they were thy darlings still, and I am a lady of sorrows."

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

Art can be a very sensitive thing when it deals with "capturing" such strong persona's because so much is linked to the legends. I imagine it's a lot like when an actor has to play someone that has reached a mythical or sacred stature in people's hearts... it is an energy that is interpreted, but not repeated.

I think you might prefer this image - it shows more of the sadness and reluctance. There are actually many others, the original photo was just one of the very first previews I received from the shoot. I sincerely appreciate your thoughts and care for this, especially for wanting to do honour to the feminine spirit!

sorry, i went momentarily crazy

[aneke.livejournal.com]

First of all, I am SO sorry I completely went off in YOUR journal! I don't know what came over me...
and I didn't even say how lovely the clothes are! I also love the styling. Did you have a separate make-up person or did you, the model or photographer do?

You are right about the image-- I do prefer! Because there is deliberation for the horrible act. I can almost see her turning go into the house...

Again, I don't know what my problem was! We artist types are so overly emotional. Maybe I was having my own Medea moment: "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned."The image is definitely provocative, as look at the strong reaction it produced in me. And that is part of good art.

I also think you perceived something else that I didn't explicitly say-- that by my coming out as a raving apologist for Medea, in some weird way I was defending the honour of women's role in our cultural collectiveness. Interesting.

Re: sorry, i went momentarily crazy

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

Not to worry one bit! You can speak your mind with me :)

Wednesday did her own makeup for the shoot. She's a lovely, and brilliant gal ~ this series was her idea, and she's really putting a lot of heart, soul and thought into it. I think this will be a very inspiring series when it's complete, and hope it may get those who are currently unfamiliar with these personas more interested in learning more about who they were and what they represent.

[tina-imel.livejournal.com]

that's a great shot, beautiful dress!