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I love the shadow in this one - plus, she has wonderful skin.
I hadn't asked them to pose, and they hadn't asked me to shoot, but I do love it when people smile at the camera. And I love that, in shots like this, they are real smiles, not, "say cheese" smiles. Beautiful.
They know how to work those eyes.
This guy just looks SOOOOO Swedish. I want to look like that in that color.
This is Swedish hair.
I just love the colors in this one - his skin is so warm, and the football field behind just accentuates it. Wonderful.
What great hair. And he makes the scarf work - impressive.
This guy just looks like a viking to me.
This one is a little bit Romy & Michelle, but she does pull it off. Maybe it's the tan. Maybe you just have to be Swedish. But I certainly saw some blond with black roots going on over my week.
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Love the woman with the shadows, but also fond of #28 and #42. Killer.
But yeah, the sheer volume of beauty approaches the absurd. And I thought California had more beautiful people per square mile . . .
Yeah, #28 has killer glasses. And you should have seen him - he was definitely wearing them with authority.
I think that there are a lot of beautiful people in California, but it's different from Stockholm. I kind of had the feeling that a lot of it was surgically enhanced.
Now, I'm not really opposed to that - it seems to freak some people out, but I see it as a continuum... getting washed is at one end and having your face remade in the image of Cher is at the other. I guess everyone needs to find the spot along there that they're comfortabel with. In any case, I think that it never hurts to consider what kind of genetics you may want to be involved in passing on to the next generation, and that can be tough if you don't have access to the "before" picture...
Ah, but the appeal of place is just that. In the land of lost perspective, authenticity is irrelevant, and lack of depth perception a virtue. All reality-based dramas all the time (hence - the blog).
Though - that is more true of southern Cali. Up here, there are whole armies of naturally stunning, amazonian beauties. They travel in herds and, should you wish to go on photo safari, all happen to belong to my gym.
Bingo. Dandelion, you have nailed it. the lost perspective, irrelevant authenticity, lack of depth perception and reality-based drama. Bam. And I hate it. Both northern and southern varieties. It's why I'm getting out.
I always call southern cal "the land of the lost people" - the rootless wanderers who have come to the end of the road. I really saw it when I was living in Switzerland and the movie Erin Brockovich came out. The cultural familiarity and contrast was jawdropping. I went and saw the movie three more times after that, just for the culture shock in the cinema.
Hmmm. I have been thinking of joining a gym, anyway...
LOL!
Anon - I hear ya. Hope to shawshank someday myself. Suppose it's mostly the sun that keeps me tethered . . .
dandelion: Yeah your Napa sun is pretty good. It's Tuscany in the USA. But not enough to hold me.
Darryl: playing your guy card again, eh?
And I'll ask my question for the record: Was Barbie designed by a Swede?
I've got a full deck.
And really, the question, in this case, shouldn't be the artist - it should be the muse. Designed by? Who knows. Inspired by? Certainly.
Close enough. I always thought ol' Barbie was supposed to be some impossible standard of California woman, but now I know that's bunk. She's a Swedish swimsuit model for sure.
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