Lips

Before you try to figure out what this picture is trying to say (besides "buy red lipstick!"), and before you try to interpret its symbolization of life and truth, just stop.

There is no deep meaning.

I wanted to photograph lips, so I did. I handed Joanna (the ever-dutiful model that she is) a tube of the reddest lip gloss I could find and demanded she put it on. She hammed it up. Posing, she applied the gloss. With attitude, she dramatized as I clicked the shutter. And then - finally - she cooperated with what I wanted her to do.




And, while we're on the subject of lip gloss, I might as well pay homage to my favorite politician.

"I love those hockey moms. You know what they say the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull is? Lipstick." - Sarah Palin

By the way: if you have any interpretation on the picture, there's this great blog feature called comments; you should leave me a comment!

Color

Isn't color amazing? Our world could be black and white with no variety and no excitement. Yet we've been giving the ability to see colors and marvel at their vividity.