Reviews
Sophie and Raquel- JR, I think your source for inspiration was good in the entry for Sophie but I feel like both pictures are too similar. That doesn't mean both pictures are terrible, in fact they are fabulous pictures!, but I wish you could have found a picture of Sophie looking similar to Marlene but not in the exact same pose. With the Raquel entry, I feel the same way but I am really not all that fond of you using Pam Anderson as an inspiration... she's just kind of trashy.
Jessica Stam- Again, another perfect match in terms of costume, pose, etc with both pictures. While the picture of Stam is really magnificent and powerful I just feel like everything is far too similar here...I would have loved it if there was a similar picture of Stam in the same editorial but posed differently because she looks too similar to Liza.
Natalia- Both pictures are a perfect match, but in all honesty I am a little turned off by your entry. The pictures of Natalia and Barbie are a bit.... scary
Natalia has shot so many more interesting editorial work than what's exemplified here in this picture and I feel like the Barbie reference is a bit uninspired also.
Elise- I can definitely see where you were going with this, but I feel like your intrepretation of it is a little too literal. In both pictures, there is really similar Native American dress and the poses are almost identical. I know Elise's portfolio pretty well and I definitely think there were other pictures you could have used in this challenge for a more successful entry.
Polina- I wasn't expecting this at all and this is so wonderfully suprising! I love how you parlayed the visual intrigue of something so architectuarlly amazing into this picture of Polina. Besides the back of her dress which matches the first picture, there is a feeling of harshness in Polina's face...I just love how you drew upon industrialism and magnificient architecture as your inspiration...this is a truly great entry, rachyroo.
Gemma- The picture of Gemma is so butterfly-like and beautiful and painterly but I am really let down by your source of inspiration. The butterfly inspiration is wonderful but I feel like the picture of some random little kid is just a bit odd and not entirely in place here...I would have much rather prefer if you showed a picture of a real butterfly!
Coco- This is definitely very interesting. I think that the dress in both pictures is a bit too similar but I love how Coco is holding an action figure in the second picture... it makes it kind of like a modern, "internet-age" interpretation of Vermeer.
Hilary- This is so creative, Mettchen! I think it's so cool how you kind of drew upon the whole Kid Robot Japanese toy scene and found a picture of Hilary that is similar to one of those dolls. I love this entry because the translation between both images is obvious but not copying the first image and how unexpected your inspiration was. I also love how both the toy and Hilary's hair are blue. Bravo, this is some fabulous work!
Sasha- I think both of your pictures match quite well but in a way to me this seems more like Sasha is emulating a style of dress than a person, a place, an object or a type of personality. The silhoulettes from the 1920s-1940s' are in fashion right now so this doesn't seem like an incredibly inspired entry to me.
Iekeliene- Now how cool is this! Iggy Pop is just a great musician with so much raw energy on stage [size=-3]not that i've seen him play, anyone want to offer me some tickets?.