Thanks - feedback much appreciated!

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Okay...

I need to know what you are going for here.

To be really honest, if you are going for a very serious fine art, honest, serious, raw human, documentary photography, then you need to make it look grittier.

I would imagine seeing this photo next to a Frontline, Democracy Now, or National Geographic story/article on suffering of some sort.

This is not to say its bad, but if that is what you intended to do, then you are in the right direction. You need a subject that is older, in worse health/shape, and a scene that is more "ransacked".

There ARE photographers who do these kinds of things, and they are considered among some of the greats.

I feel like you are onto something....but you don't quite have the recipe worked out just yet. Keep at it, and keep refining that style.

Good pose and camera angle. Personally i rhink these would look better as black & whites. Bob

The poses are good, but I must admit I am distracted by the large rear-end. My eye goes straight for that area. As for the rest, not bad, but not great too.

I would use a slimmer model if you want to shoot this kind of photo. I have had trouble myself.

The top is the better of the two to me.  The bottom looks akward.  Bu the top has kind of an unposed, candid feel to it.

Top image is good. I like it.

The image feels honest and real.