Mysterious Woman

Having a hobby of photography, I have habit of interpreting each n every photo I see. To enhance my knowledge of photography, daily I used to choose one photograph by a professional photographer, study its technical details and interpret it in my own. Taking a step ahead I started sending the photo and associated quote to my friends as a Good Morning mail. Further I decided to choose one subject like Children, Nature, Love etc and created series of mails. Going on like that I created one series on Woman. I really get wondered when I look at this series again. Its surprising for myself also how did that happen through me. Hence I thought why should I not put in on blog. Hope you enjoy :).

I have tried to mention names of many of the photographers who took these awesome photographs. Because of them, I can bring this series across to you. They may have different interpretation behind each photograph. I beg a pardon to those photographers whose names are not mentioned.

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Fri, Mar 9, 2007 at 11:14 AM

Yesterday, company celebrated Woman's day by distributing chocolates only to women! .....grrrrrr. So just by that incidence I thought why not start a Goodmorning series on woman :). Here is the first one.

Sure God created man before woman.

But then you always make a rough draft before the final masterpiece.

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Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 11:51 AM

A woman can say more in a sigh than a man can say in a sermon. ~Arnold Haultain

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Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 11:20 AM

When a woman is talking to you,

listen to what she says with her eyes ~Victor Hugo

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Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 11:02 AM

A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction. ~ Oscar Wilde

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Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 11:52 AM

Grace in women has more effect than beauty. ~ William Hazlitt

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Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 10:56 AM

Silence gives the proper grace to women ~ Sophocles

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Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 11:20 AM

A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy,

the smile that accepts a lover before words are uttered,

and the smile that lights on the first born babe,

and assures it of a mother's love. ~Thomas Chandler Haliburton

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Wed, Mar 21, 2007 at 11:06 AM

Even the wisest woman you talk to is ignorant of something you may know,

but an elegant woman never forgets her elegance. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 11:18 AM

The beauty of a woman must be seen from her eyes because

that is the doorway to her heart,

the place where love resides.

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Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 1:20 PM

The heart of a woman is what makes the world spin!

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Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 1:20 PM

Beauty is the first present Nature gives to women,

and the first it takes away. ~ Méré

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Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 12:23 PM

The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears,

the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair

... true beauty in a woman is reflected in her SOUL.

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Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 12:21 PM

The hair is the richest ornament of women ~ Martin Luther

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Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 11:06 AM

Curve: The loveliest distance between two points. ~Mae West

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Mon, Apr 2, 2007 at 12:13 PM Women are always beautiful. ~ Ville Valo

From tomorrow I am thinking of starting series on man & woman both and then we will come back again to woman. Lets see.

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Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 11:04 AM

Back after the break, as said, here is the first one of the new series,
"Men are governed by lines of intellect - women: by curves of emotion " James Joyce

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Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 10:51 AM

The first symptom of love in a young man is shyness; the first symptom in a woman, it's boldness. ~ Victor Hugo

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Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 11:29 AM

As vivacity is the gift of women, gravity is that of men. --- Joseph Addison

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Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 11:35 AM

What is most beautiful in virile men is something feminine; what is most beautiful in feminine women is something masculine. --- Susan Sontag

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Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 10:38 AM

Male and female represent the two sides of the great radical dualism. But in fact they are perpetually passing into one another. Fluid hardens to solid, solid rushes to fluid. There is no wholly masculine man, no purely feminine woman. ---- Margaret Fuller

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Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 11:14 AM

" He who tries to forget a woman, never loved her"

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Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 11:48 AM

a bit of humorous part :)

When women hold off from marrying men, we call it independence. When men hold off from marrying women, we call it fear of commitment. -- Warren Farrell

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Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 1:04 PM"Women marry men hoping they will change. Men marry women hoping they will not. So each is inevitably disappointed." -- Albert Einstein

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Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 11:22 AM"When women are depressed they either eat or go shopping. Men invade another country." -- Elayne Boosler

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Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 3:04 PM"When a man gets up to speak, people listen, then look. When a woman gets up, people look; then, if they like what they see, they listen."

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Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 5:52 PM

"Women always worry about the things that men forget; men always worry about the things women remember"

SO, don't forget anything and don't remember anything ;). Just ENJOY !

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Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 11:45 AM

"Behind every successful man there is a surprised woman." -- Maryon Pearson

well, this a funny photograph which can be interpreted in many ways, other interpretations I leave up to you.

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Wed, May 2, 2007 at 11:31 AM

by Ekaterina Oniani, Georgia

"Woman was taken out of man; not out of his head to top him, nor out of his feet to be trampled underfoot; but out of his side to be equal to him, under his arm to be protected, and near his heart to be loved"

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Thu, May 3, 2007 at 10:54 AM

by Ekaterina Oniani, Georgia

"It is the man and woman united that makes the complete human being. Separate she lacks his force of body and strength of reason; he her softness, sensibility and acute discernment. Together they are most likely to succeed in the world. "

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Fri, May 4, 2007 at 10:39 AM

by Guja Shekiladze, Georgia

And each person is such an infinite mystery, inexhaustible, unfathomable, that it is not possible that ever you can say that "I have known her," or, "I have known him." At the most you can say, "I have tried my best, but the mystery remains a mystery." In fact the more you know, the more mysterious the other becomes. Then love is a constant adventure. ---- OSHO

Here ends the man-woman series, next we will move back to mysterious woman :)!

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Mon, May 7, 2007 at 1:03 PM

By judy ben joud

You must be surprised, what a MAN's photograph is doing in a WOMAN's series? However, I have chosen this photograph purposefully.Incidentally, I could not find a suitable quote for this photograph, hence thought to key down some lines on my own.

Technically speaking, a perfect composition, perfect light and exposure.The catching light of cigarette is nullified by serene face of man or in other words face of the man is more radiant than the catching light of cigarette. That's why I suppose photographer had purposefully kept the color of cigarette light original burning red as against the sepia color tone of photograph. Depth of his eyes and Buddha like smile gives you warm-friendly feeling. A charismatic portrait.

Just by the incidence, as I could not find suitable quote for this photograph, few funny thoughts popped in my mind. Over the centuries, woman has been praised by man through poetry, paintings, sculptures and in modern days through photography. Certainly woman represents the beauty however man has got something which is beyond the beauty. Why ever MAN had not been part of poetry, paintings or sculptures by woman? Was it because man did not give chance to woman to do so OR Was it because woman was loaded with lots of important responsibilities so she could not have enough time to these things?OR Is this the way of Nature? OR something else....... I don't know and I still wonder :)!

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Tue, May 8, 2007 at 11:04 AM

"Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends up blocking his retreat."

--- Oscar Wilde

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Thu, May 10, 2007 at 10:39 AM

by Daniel Matuschek

"Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious."

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Fri, May 11, 2007 at 10:58 AM

by emil schildt

"I would rather trust a woman's instinct than a man's reason." --- Stanley Baldwin

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Mon, May 14, 2007 at 10:59 AM

Woman has got a gift of sixth sense --- SACH

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Tue, May 15, 2007 at 11:27 AM

by mark zurek

"Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her. " --- M. Gandhi

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Thu, May 17, 2007 at 2:57 PM

by Umair Ghani

"You must remember that a woman, by nature,

needs much less to feed upon than a man,

a few emotions and she is satisfied. " --- Alice James

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Fri, May 18, 2007 at 5:51 PM by Suchitra Vijayan

What is it that love does to a woman?

Without she only sleeps; with it alone, she lives. --- Ouida

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Mon, May 21, 2007 at 10:59 AM

" Women are like stars, there are millions of them out there, but only one can make your dreams come true" --Unknown

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Tue, May 22, 2007 at 11:34 AM

by Mirek Pratecky
Whatever love exists in the world today, is because of a woman ! -- SACH

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Wed, May 23, 2007 at 12:43 PM

by G S t e v e

"Instead of getting hard ourselves and trying to compete, women should try and give their best qualities to men - bring them softness, teach them how to cry." ---- Joan Baez

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Thu, May 24, 2007 at 5:20 PM

by Chalata

"A woman is the most powerful [hence deadly dangerous ;)] creature on this planet. Unfortunately women are not aware of their power and those few who are aware are not aware how to use it." -- SACH

Sorry to end the photographic series on woman which we started after woman's day, on such a paradoxical note.

I was wondering which photograph to choose for this. I was looking for something which shows mighty power however should not be aggressive.What else can be aesthetically powerful than NATURE? In the photograph the center of attraction is a woman and as if she is carrying all the power of Nature with her, to bring life with vivid colors. The approaching woman in the photograph adds a certain dynamism. I hope this will be Aaj ki Nari :).In fact thanks to Eka, because of her , I could get the perfectly appropriate photograph at the right time.

Best Wishes,

~Sachin

P.S.

-> All photographs are copyrighted by the photographers. Thanks a ton again to them for bringing these beautiful photographs.

-> Please do take time to read blog post by Rajiv Singh. http://preq.blogspot.com/2005/12/feminism-has-amazing-place-in-hindu.html