Fortune Teller Photo

Photographer’s Note

I've always been a sucker for fortune tellers, especially when I'm in foriegn countries. So, of course, when I heard about the famous woman who tells fortune by the old Japanese covered bridge in the countryside near Hue, Vietnam, I knew I had to go see her.

She turned out to be a lovely old woman. I gathered bits and pieces of her history. Something about being a nurse during the Vietnamese war and having her fortune telling skills be so reknowned that people from far and wide come and visit her, just for her to reveal what's in the future.

I'm still waiting to see if what she told me will come true or not (unfortunately, I hate to admit that luck is not on her side), but I'm still curious to see...

But nonetheless, a lovely woman... :)

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Ebow (88) 2005-12-27 11:42

Beats me why this pic has no points so far, I quite like it. Nice B&W photo with great facial detail.

huahoa (3691) 2006-01-11 18:41 [Comment]

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designsoul (21394) 2006-02-04 22:59

Hello Sheila, love your shot of this beautiful lady, she surely is mischiveous-looking to me ;-) .... hope all the good things she professed will come true for you! ;-)
I love this shot a lot, with wonderful humanity as well as technical power, very well done, with beautiful attention to all the details, her patterned shirt etc, bravo!
sarolta (sasa)

gaby (19793) 2006-02-05 3:38

Sheila bonsoir - splendid portrait very soft - I love the look of this old woman and I hope you will have big fortune in the future with your lovely model -
congratulations for your gallery : your portraits are very great and artistic -
Thanks for sharing
Have a nice sunday
Rgs
Gaby

Graal (58786) 2006-02-05 15:36

Hi Sheila,
very nice portrait. I like the friendly smile of woman. Good quality in B&W. Well done.
TFS, Aleksander

ALSOM (6616) 2006-02-06 5:19

Lovely portrait with a malicious smile.
Great connection between the model and the photpographer, you can feel thoughout this shot.
My parents will come back from their trip to Vietname, I look fwd to their photo too.
TFS, Alain -

rtome (638) 2006-02-06 10:30

Hi Sheila.
Your b&w portrait series and the notes that go with them are an absolute treat!
Keep posting please!
Regards,
Robert

Hayri_CALISKAN (918) 2006-03-07 18:34

Excellent caracter shot with great expression.
Regards, Hayri.