Human Form - Tragedy

This is another one of the images from my "Human Form" theme in Art Academy. This image is of one of my friends who live in Paris, she is a professional model and also a professional dancer at The Lido. i wanted to do a shoot with her as her body is perfectly toned and muscular in different places (due to dancing) than most other people. This image is a personal favourite of mine, i really like the way she is disengaged with the camera, but her body language still implies that she is aware of its presence. The way in which her limbs are placed looks very posed, again implying she is aware of the camera being there. Her foot has been brought to the front of the image to emphasise the length of her body, this links back to her profession, being a model. The tattoo of two gecko's on her foot is quite eye catching, it draws your eyes up the image into the rest of her body and finally up to her head. I have put the image in black and white as i feel it looks more tastefull, it was also done in the studio and therfore the background isnt very interesting so i felt as though there was nothing to draw attention to apart from her body. The desaturation of the image has drawn attention to this, it has made it dark and made her stand out well from the background, making her the mail focal point of the image.