Great shot! The expression, use of b&w and negative space in the background all work great.

Tu fais pas souvent de portraits, dommage, parceque c'est réussi !

It´s nice to see a real smile nowadays...the colors you use here go great whith the situation...The eyes of the man...I like the shadow there...that make us look more carefuly...to see if he is looking at something...or just watchin time pass...

the negative space at hte top works well as there is so much dark below -and love his happy carefree expression and the dangle of his cig

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In my town he is called "Francis", and we love him...He is beautiful, Michel...I smiled instantly when I saw this and I knew....Even before I read your lovely words that his is beautiful soul and for all the private disdain he may be the "object" of; he's majestically unaware...A great, secret treasure to him...And a JOY to me for seeing it here, today...Thank you for this...(My beautiful little sister Joslyn had a mental illness, and shot herself 2 years ago...I think sometimes mentally ill people are the bravest, most beautiful people on the planet & it breaks my heart they are often homeless and ostracized out of our "healthy" fear and cowardice...So- to see this - is )a great encouragement to me, and a healing comfort , as well...Thank you.

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wow ça c'est du portrait ...j'en suis toute retournée lol
un Prince...c'est exactement ça ...et tu es son "photoportraitiste" personnel
bravo Michel

i don't know what it is, and it's going to sound strange to try and voice it but i must: i think i've reached a point in my life that i am simply in love with humanity.

this love has nothing to do with sex/gender, the attraction is to the heart of the being. it's as though for the first time i'm seeing the world with clear eyes. eyes free of desire, see natural beauty in all forms. even what might have been considered ugly at one time, is now a pristine jewel in the crown of creation. sadness is within happiness. death is within life. pain is within good health.

and this...this man is one of the most beautiful faces i've ever seen. it's not about his body (garment), it's about his heart and soul...his poise and opening...

thank you,
A.

Thats really beautiful.. I love your description.. Theres always a certain nobility in a man that has given up everything and still has the courage in him to smile, and enough pride to ask for what he needs.. great picture

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Another wonderful portrait...
I love those wrinkles, they make him very expressive

I like the headroom very much, it creates this absolutely phenomenal mood presenting that he is not by himself. You have a great imagination about describing people and that’s what made me really love the description you made, it made me sense what he is experiencing and that was something that I didn’t see in DA since I became a member.

great JOB!
look after yourself mate

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