Stories of Her Life
Uploaded: April 06, 2006
RC Fritz April 06, 2006
Very expressive face. Congratulations!! #422289Ugur Erkmen April 06, 2006
Very impressive B&W work.Well done Manuel. #2616798Kimber L. Wano April 06, 2006
I love this. It almost makes me want to cry; it really stirs the emotions. Great photo, Manuel. #2616799Wende Trew April 07, 2006
Awesome portrait!!! Love the lighting and the mood that this image produces!!! Excellent work!! In my opinion this is a Winner for sure!!! #2617353Navin Talwar April 07, 2006
Excellent B & W work. #2618579Tammy L. Bevins April 07, 2006
This is very striking. One of those images that haunts you for a long time. Very powerful. #2620072Sandra Freyler April 08, 2006
Awesome work! #2622001Sherri Conley May 22, 2006
AMAZING photograph. Congrats on your finalist, Manuel, and I'm sure we'll be seeing this in the winner's circle! #2799528Paula Kelly May 22, 2006
good luck in the next round! im sure a winner! #2801729RC Fritz May 22, 2006
G !O !O ! D ! L ! U !C !K ! #2801858Life Expressions May 23, 2006
Congratulations on your First Place Win! #2806997Janine Russell May 23, 2006
Manuel, excellent detail, textures and lighting; congratulations on your First Place win. #2807049She-She Killough May 23, 2006
LOL No surprise here Manny! great job! Congratulations!! :)Sheesh #2807182
Rudra Mandal May 24, 2006
*** S I R M A N U E L L I B R O D O M A G I C ***Big congratulations on this outstanding win Sir!!!
Only within four months you have achieved all of the Betterphoto prizes and places!!! WOW!!
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Donna W. Neal May 24, 2006
Congratulations on this awesome winnerLeanne M.E. Boyd May 24, 2006
Amazing shot, Manuel - Congratulations on your win! #2808740Wendy Stevenson May 24, 2006
Congratulations on your FIRST PLACE win Manuel! #2808893Lorri Shane May 24, 2006
Manuel--CONGRATULATIONS on your First Placd win. This is a stunning, evocative image. I would love to sit down with this woman for about 3 hours and talk with her. Love the title, too.RC Fritz May 24, 2006
Congratulations on yourLaurence Saliba May 24, 2006
Stunning portrait!!! Well deserved win Manuel!! Congrats!!! #2810240Terry L. Ellis May 24, 2006
Congratulations, Manuel! Magnificent first place win! #2810605Nobu Nagase May 24, 2006
Congratulations, Manuel!!! #2810663Cathy Barrows May 24, 2006
Congrats on your win...excellent #2810710Joanna Pecha May 24, 2006
Simply fantastic! Congratulations!! #2811034Neil R. Shapiro May 24, 2006
Congratulations Manny! Hope you share the news with your model. #2811508Rey Nocum May 25, 2006
First place once more... Keep it up. Congrats again, idol! I hope to meet you during your exhibit.
Rey #2812330
Anthony Arendt May 25, 2006
I would make a terrible judge. Not only should this have won first place overall, it's one of the greatest black and white portraits I have ever seen. Guard that file with your life. back it up safely. that image will sell over and over. #2814769Gustavo Márquez May 25, 2006
A big congrats to you with this wonderful shot! #2814957Janet S. Jonas May 26, 2006
Bravo! Fabulous image. #2818220Melanie Murray May 27, 2006
I agree with Anthony. This image took my breath away. Congratulations. #2823120Ugur Erkmen May 29, 2006
Congratulation.Well deserved. #2828313Abdusalam A. Al-Tuwijri May 29, 2006
amazing portrait ,, its really great detials and contrast and excellent lighting wow ... Congratulation #2828386Carolyn Foster Spano May 29, 2006
This is amazing. Completely worthy of the prize! Congrats. #2828399Christine I. Doumbia May 29, 2006
All I can say is...WOW! This has amazing contrast and a brillant shine to it! The detail is incredible! Bravo! #2829946Nadya Johnson May 31, 2006
A huge congratulations on your stunning First Place Winner, Manuel!! The beauty and the impact of this photo is astounding. Absolutely wonderful!! #2836279Roxana Kat 2 June 04, 2006
Oh, God!!! That is a once in a life-time photo! Wonderful? No, just OUTSTANDING! Congratulations! Your photos are amazing! #2851229Michael S. Swaffar June 05, 2006
Huge Congrats on your first place win! It's an amazing portrait! So very well done. #2855731Jessica Jenney June 07, 2006
I keep coming back to this image over abd over again! It's so poignant and stirs the emotions as Kimber said! Congratulations, Manuel!!! #2866677Michael J. Masiewicz June 08, 2006
This image blew me away when I saw it. I wasn't too surprised when I saw it was yours, as all your shots are amazing! #2871522Lori Carlson June 15, 2006
Congratulations Manuel!! Thank you for sharing with us! :0) #2901998Rakesh Syal June 16, 2006
A great deserving award for a great work, indeed, Manuell!! #2905095Rakesh Syal June 16, 2006
A great deserving award for a great work, indeed, Manuell!! #2905101Peggy J. Maguire June 20, 2006
MANUEL,This is incredible! Awesome capture , Peggy #2921388Leon Markarov August 20, 2006
Beautiful gallery, Manuel.wade owen January 10, 2007
This is truly intense.. great I love. #3804123Vishal Sharma September 10, 2007
AWESOME!!!! No need of words :) #4775289Renata Gusciora December 27, 2008
Incredible...as somebody said..no words..every her wrinkle ,every detail tells the story and you pictured it so greatly,Manuel!Huge congratulations!!! #6946386Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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