Comments on: La Reine Masquée de Mai

By: Monica of the Masks

Monica of the Masks — Mon, 18 May 2009 05:42:08 +0000

Goodness! I have worked so many years in the field of mask-making, yet somehow I had not come across Benda’s work. Thank you so much for your post. Interesting, the photos have a very similar eerie, fairytale quality I hope to capture in a mask photoshoot I’ve been designing. So it will be very good to be able to use those images as a reference!

By: b

Wed, 06 May 2009 21:36:48 +0000

wonderful..the clothes from the photo shoot are amazing, there is something so alluring about mixing amber/mustard and gray..

By: c h a r i t y

c h a r i t y — Tue, 05 May 2009 19:27:11 +0000

that twilight zone episode,
the mannequins in the department
store…
maybe it was a dream.

By: april

april — Tue, 05 May 2009 04:54:31 +0000

I had seen the kissing mannequins many years ago in a Bauhaus photography book checked out from a university library. Isn’t it dreamy? The photographer’s name is Umbo (Otto Umbehr). I wasn’t able to pluck his name out of my cobweb-filled mind, so a little sleuthing was in order.

By: Sue

Sue — Tue, 05 May 2009 01:40:24 +0000

Your choice of words and photos always entertain me.

By: Frannie Brown

Frannie Brown — Sat, 02 May 2009 17:03:23 +0000

These are so amazing. I love the lady hugging the scarecrow!

By: jose fernandes

jose fernandes — Sat, 02 May 2009 06:27:23 +0000

i angeliska. i like this as well. i’ve been fascinated by the look in the eye of manequins. i’ve photogrph them as people in places that i find them. not just manequins, but also statues. i did that at the vatican. i photogrphed about 20 busts of people that lived 2000 years ago. these were stone sculptures that were looking at the person that looked at them in the eyes. there were amazing.
i may put it together in a piece. take care, jose