El Alma del Tango

El Alma del Tango by Jean M. Laffitau
El Alma del Tango by Jean M. Laffitau
  • Elf Evans

    Elf Evans

    It’s still a superb image!!!

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    :-) Thank you!

  • Joe Valcourt/MODERNUS ART STUDIO

    Joe Valcourt/M...

    stunning work

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    Thanks a lot Joseph! :-)

  • Stephen Marino

    Stephen Marino

    The passion . . .the story is told in this capture.

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    This dancers and the show where marvellous! Thank you very much for your comment!

  • John Armstrong-Millar

    John Armstrong...

    This is marvelous. It looks like it was taken a long time ago ( in a good way) If you know what I mean

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    :-) Thank you very much John!

  • Lucindawind

    Lucindawind

    you are a brilliant artsit / photgrapher !

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    Wow, thank you!! Photographer…yes, but to be called an artist…I’m not good enough yet. I still have to learn a lot more.

  • GittiArt

    GittiArt

    Love this b&w photography so much …..please Jean , do not hide your light under a bushel! ( I hope I used this proverb in the propper way !!!) We are all lifelong learner ….nobody is perfect (LOL).........Keep them flowing ! Mach weiter so ich liebe deine Arbeiten !:-)

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    Vielen, vielen Dank Brigitte!

  • Jennib

    Jennib

    Amazing shot, its a fantastic composition Jean, you are a true artist.

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    Thank you very much :-)

  • BlaizerB

    BlaizerB

    respect! whatagreatimage. perfect pose, strong black ansd white superb artistry. cheers

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    :-) Thank you very much!

  • Robin Brown

    Robin Brown

    This isn’t a photograph Jean its not even a story. Its a work of art & a novel combined. Passion on the Dance Floor!!

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    It is great to hear you again. Most the people don’t like my work (don’t even like to pay for it!), so friends, like you, keeps me going! Thank you very much for all your support!

  • Robin Brown

    Robin Brown

    Your welcome Jean, art is often overlooked until the artist is dead. Then other people make big money from the artist without having to pay any to the artist. I hope to be really rich when I’m dead so I can hang around in all the very best places. Be even better if I was alive but hey I cant have everything. I know what you mean about people not wishing to pay. I get asked to do stuff & when I do & then ask for money they look in total amazement; ‘You want paid?’.
    I was told that an image I created of a flower was nothing special. Average at best. It was printed, mounted, framed & signed. I asked for £35. I was told they could buy three framed images for the same price on any high street. Its true too they could. They just don’t get the concept when it comes to art. Your unique Jean & you know it, we just need to convince everyone else that we are. If they don’t get it that’s their loss not ours.

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    :-) Yeah, you are soooo right!

  • kathywaldron

    kathywaldron

    wonderful b/w image; love the attention and drama in it…

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    Thank you very much Kathy!

  • petelangman

    petelangman

    this has everything.. the lady in the back ground leaning back. really makes this image real. i love it

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    Great you like it! It’s also one of my favourites. Thank you very much for your comments on my works!

  • t1nyskert

    t1nyskert

    such passion i love the tango

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    Me too. Thanks a lot for the comment!

  • Woodie

    Woodie

    This is absolutely brilliant.. I can see Jack Vettriano (British Painter) using this as an idea for a painting! Into faves.
    Cheers Neil

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    WOW! Thanks a lot for such a great comment on my work!

  • Carla Jandelle Petters

    Carla Jandelle...

    beautiful. leaves me breathless as i love the dance myself….....to see it in a still leaves me without words

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    :-) Thank you very much!

  • Tracey Mac

    Tracey Mac

    WoW Jean this is stunning, such a beautiful moment captured perfectly, love it entirely! So enchanting…. :)

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    Thank you very much Tracey!

  • Ken Mucke

    Ken Mucke

    This is really just a superb BW Tango image…I just love images of dance and movement…so well done

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    Dance, theater and music are my passion, and photography :-) In the next time I’ll post some more. Thanks, again, for your comments!

  • J0NNYALLEN

    J0NNYALLEN

    I have looked at your portfolio and you have some Great B&W images, Wish I could get my mono technique up to your standard.

    jon

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    Thank you very much!

  • Mark German

    Mark Germancommunity host

    Beautifully exposed, classically composed. Love the faces in the background.

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    I think the faces in the background makes this shot more alive. Thank you very much for your comment!

  • Lee Grissett

    Lee Grissett

    stunning!

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    :-) Thank you!

  • linaji

    linaji

    what verve,, and sexiness your shots create you are on fire when you work!!

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    :-)) Thanks a lot for such a wonderful comment!

  • davidmilne

    davidmilne

    Wonderful image,lovely archive feel to this!

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    Thanks a lot, David!

  • lyndsey O'Connell

    lyndsey O'Connell

    its a passionate dance and you have caught the intensity of this passion. its a wonderful photograph

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    Thank you very much, Lyndsey!

  • Basia McAuley

    Basia McAuley

    Excellent capture. Full of emotion and intensity.

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    Thanks a lot for your comment, Basia!

  • Louise Cooke

    Louise Cooke

    wow, wonderful sense of tension! the Angle, expression, lighting and background…they all work together beautifully!

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    :-) Thank you very much Louise!

  • botticcelli

    botticcelli

    precioso titulo para a magnician work!!!

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    Muchas gracias!

  • botticcelli

    botticcelli

    it’s really nice mostly coming from the grandson of the unique and talented fauvism artist.. The master Louis Valtat..i know some of his works …just amazing!

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    It’s great to hear that someone remembers my great-grandfathers works! He was an amazing artist, and also my grandmother. I didn’t had the luck to spent some time with Louis (he died before I was born), but the time with my grandmother was most wonderful and inspiring!

  • botticcelli

    botticcelli

    in the Thyssen museum in Madrid i enjoyed one of his works…”(los patinadores en invierno, jardin del pequeño trianón, Versalles)

  • SharonAHenson

    SharonAHenson

    BRAVO !

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    :-) Thanks!

  • DflyBri

    DflyBri

    I LOVE this photo. It has wonderful “mood”.

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    Thank you very much!

  • Judy Olson

    Judy Olson

    Hello Jean, this has always been one of my favorite images, so I am happy to get the chance to “favorite it”!

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    :-)) Thanks a lot Judy!!

  • Mugsy

    Mugsy

    Beautiful!

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    Thanks!!

  • Mel Brackstone

    Mel Brackstone

    This is so very stylish…

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    :-) Thanks a lot, Mel!

  • Martin Dunne

    Martin Dunne

    The “soul of the tango” indeed :-) You have some really nice work here, this one is my fave!

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    Thank you, Martin!

  • Von McKnelly

    Von McKnelly

    Killer flow in this work…from subject to the background. Kudos!!

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    :-) Thanks!!

  • Susan Grissom

    Susan Grissom

    Every single megapixel of this is grand! Fabulous, fabulous…............

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    Wow, what a great comment….Thanks sooo much!

  • Judith Oppenheimer

    Judith Oppenhe...

    the seated woman in the left of the frame leaning back also catches my attention … your perspective here is incredible and needless to say, this is flawless.

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    :-) Thank you very much, Judith!

  • Al Neaimi

    Al Neaimi

    great black and white , love it

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    Thank you, Al!

  • Caroline Gorka

    Caroline Gorka

    This is beautiful work …wonderful composition and interest..

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    Thank you very much for your comment, Caroline!

  • Rosina  Lamberti

    Rosina Lamberti

    fantastic shot!

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    Thank you! :-)

  • Michael J Armijo

    Michael J Armijo

    Jean…I love how you can sense the MUSIC in your images. FANTASTIC. :)

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    Wow, thanks for the wonderful comment!

  • Zaldy Infante

    Zaldy Infante

    brilliant figures balance

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    Thank you very much, Zaldy!

  • PNFdeb

    PNFdeb

    powerful and wonderful bw work

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    :-) Thanks a lot!

  • Caroline Bland

    Caroline Bland

    I totally adore this image. There are so many superb details to enjoy. You are a master of ambience!

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    Wow, thank you very much! :-)

  • wendyL

    wendyL

    fabulous black and white….I love the drama!

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    Thank you, wendy!

  • Per E. Gunnarsen

    Per E. Gunnarsen

    Stunning, I love the bw, angle and mood!

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    Thank you very much, Per!

  • denisegladwell

    denisegladwell

    Just where I would like to be. What an atmospheric shot, charged with passion. Superb mono.

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    :-) Thank you very much, Denise!

  • peterhoenderdos

    peterhoenderdos

    feel the passion

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    :-) Thanks a lot Peter!

  • HiromiCat

    HiromiCat

    Wonderful shot! Your work is incredible as always, dear Jean!

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    Thank you very much, Hiromi!

  • Andriy Portyanko

    Andriy Portyanko

    Excellent classic image of Tango! Nice work. I think its so coo that you made it in b&w.

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    Thank you very much for all your great comments on my work!

  • John Douglas

    John Douglas

    lovely shot

  • Beatrix M Varga

    Beatrix M Varga

    Wow! Great! :)

  • Tara Sheffer-Archie

    Tara Sheffer-A...

    Great passionate capture. Displays the power in the dance. Well done!!!

  • sra58

    sra58

    Exquisite.
    Sharon A.

  • Robert Pavsic

    Robert Pavsic

    This is an image that have the soul of tango in it^^ bravo

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    Thank you very much for such great words!

  • Leslie  Hagen

    Leslie Hagen

    I see that I am not the only one who thinks that this is simply superb! Beautiful

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    :-) Thank you very much Leslie!

  • denise romano

    denise romano

    Love it!

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    :-) Thanks a lot!

  • Leslie  Battjes

    Leslie Battjes

    You have managed to capture both the elegance and the passion of the dance…this image pulses with the beat of their hearts…beautiful. Just look at her expression…she is totally lost…they are in their own private world.

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    Their dance was full of passion, emotions, drama and love. It was soooooo amazing!

  • Kathryn Potempski

    Kathryn Potempski

    My Fav dance in the world,so much passion. I met my husband on the dance floor Jean this brings back so many memories,fantastic comp ,wonderful capture love the B/W.

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    It’s a dance full of passion and drama! I love it too! Thank you very much for your comment!

  • DPid

    DPid

    this is a great shot.. very classical

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    Thank you very much! :-)

  • mariemadeleyne

    mariemadeleyne

    el alma del tango… que linda foto, que musica, que dolor, que placer,.....
    Je pense que ‘jai quelques métros de retard…
    J’ai commenté il y a quelques minutes une photo de ken Mucke
    ... et je me souviens avoir commenté des images de vous sur le site auquel je fais allusion…
    J’y ai été, un bref moment..
    Bravo pour vos photos, absolument parfaites.

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    Merci bcp pour vos compliments, vous me falttez énormément…
    Jean,.

  • caroler

    caroler

    Absolutely amazing.
    Carole.

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    Thank you very much Carole!

  • AthenaBlanco

    AthenaBlanco

    Fantastic image – superbly captures the passion of the moment

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    Thank you Athena!

  • neogolas

    neogolas

    Brilliant shot,great timeing.

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    Thanks :-)

  • lex7

    lex7

    Love this, great composition, again, it looks great in black and white… I love this dance.. so much energy and sexual tension.

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    This two dancers were incredible!! Thanks again for your comment!

  • Megan Owens

    Megan Owens

    Bravo Jean!!! This is most fabulous! Excellent exposure in a difficult situation.

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    Thank you very much Megan! :-)

  • Jazzyjane

    Jazzyjane

    What an amazing shot. Beautifully captures the Tango.

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    Thank you very much!

  • Alison Cornford-Matheson

    Alison Cornfor...

    You’ve really captured the passion of the Tango!

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    Wow, thanks for such a wonderful comment!

  • Alex  DeVilbiss

    Alex DeVilbiss

    Wow,fantastic comp and lighting,perfectly done!

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    Thank you very much Alex!

  • George Lenz

    George Lenz

    nice capture

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    :-) Thanks!

  • Benjamin Padgett

    Benjamin Padgett

    Flawless!

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    :-) Thanks a lot!

  • Dawnsky2

    Dawnsky2

    strong and stunning, great shot :)

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    Thank you very much! :-)

  • shawhouse

    shawhouse

    this is too good.. a timeless impression of the steam heat of tango…. Her hungry expression, his baggy zoot suit threads, your choice of tilting the image, perfect…. my glasses are fogged up :) A favorite…

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    Wow, you made me blush! Thank you very, very much for such a wonderful and great comment!

  • Dayonda

    Dayonda

    Muy bien. Esta photographia mostra bien el alma del Tango.

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    Muchísimas gracias!! Por ello elejí aquel título!

  • TextureoftheSin

    TextureoftheSin

    I can feel that passion! I love the Tango – so sensuous and real. You’ve caught it for me :)

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    :-)) Thank you very much!

  • Mishka Góra

    Mishka Góra

    A beautiful, sensuous image. Stunning photo!

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    What a wonderful comment! Thanks a lot!

  • Rita  H. Ireland

    Rita H. Ireland

    Awesome you can feel the beat in the image!

  • Sassafras

    Sassafras

    Beauty thy name is…the TANGO! This is just right. Lovely…
    Peace,
    Sassi

  • maka1967

    maka1967

    Great capture, so atmospheric! Love the lighting!

  • Di Jenkins

    Di Jenkins

    PERFECTION!!! I adore this image – passion, power & brilliant artistry from dancers and photographer!

  • Di Jenkins

    Di Jenkins

    Featured in DANCE! group Congrats!

  • Karly Lussier

    Karly Lussier

    what a powerful image

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    Thank you very much Karly!

  • melissarwilson

    melissarwilson

    Absolutely brilliant!

  • Mari1980

    Mari1980

    FOUR LETTERS is all that’s needed…

    S-E-X-Y!!!!

    insane how a camera can catch a moment.

    - mari

  • Lorena Maria

    Lorena Maria

    Oh my.. this is so WONDERFUL incredible composition,, very well done!!

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    :-) Thank you very much Lorena!

  • Pris V

    Pris V

    Beautiful photograph! I’ve always wanted to learn the art of tango ;)

  • Trish Woodford

    Trish Woodford

    Superb composition, love the passion that oozes from this, top notch Jean :)

  • Scott  d'Almeida

    Scott d'Almeida

    excellent

  • Jonicool

    Jonicool

    Amazing capture..wow!

  • Sibel Sancar

    Sibel Sancar

    Hmmmm ! Wonderful Tango image.

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied

    Again, thank you very much Sibel!

  • Linda Bianic

    Linda Bianic about 1 month ago

    I adore this one,,,, the mood, the passion,, fab in bw~!!

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied about 1 month ago

    Thank you so much Linda! :-)

  • Joanne  Bradley

    Joanne Bradley 4 days ago

    Amazing! The tonal variance is oustanding, the composition fantastic and you have displayed this image as it should be with the tilt conveying all the passion and romance of this dance.

  • Jean M. Laffitau replied 4 days ago

    Glad you like it and thans so much for the wonderful comment! :-)

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    F.A. Moore less than a minute ago

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