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Stages of manhood

This is supposed to be ironic and humorous but due to the rules all nudes go into Fine Art.
A family shot, both as posing and photographing goes. I admit I'm on the far right. Age from left to right: 20, 30, 40 years...
Inspired by Leibovitz' Demi Moore portrait.

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Farshad Davari 6 months ago

Great idea!

Marija E. 8 months ago

Ahahahaha, I LOVE IT! :D

mohsen etemadifar 8 months ago

amazing

Lancet 2 years ago

Excellent, I like the sarcasm, both towards modern culture and fine art also, I suppose.
Anyway, terrific.

Faddoush 3 years ago

Humorous indeed! Excellent idea and execution.

Dragan M. Babovic 3 years ago

Excellent study about aging.

escobero 3 years ago

absolutely fantastic! When I saw it I immediately thought on Annie L.'s portraits (in fact I was reading y'day her book "at work") and I my opinion this "interpretation" surpass the original, at least in humor :-)!!

Balazs Pataki Maybe I try to sell this and donate the money to Annie? She's needing every cent now...

escobero Well... if Ars Capital gets the creative rights of her work to settle the debt, don't discard the possibility of they asking you for copyrights bucks on using "their" IP :-)

Balazs Pataki I'll share it with my cousins, LOL.

Alex OBrien 3 years ago

Very brave of you Balazs, its always nice to come back to old favourites. :)

Balazs Pataki :) Thank you Alex.

barbara 3 years ago

lol.
and i mean it, that is fantastic. i like you, irony man!

Balazs Pataki I like you too. Do you have a boyfriend?

barbara I do, actually, but it is always good to know, that i can count on you, outhere!
lol

Balazs Pataki Oh, how much I hate being the second best...

barbara ;-)

Black Russian Studio 3 years ago

Congrats! I think few more years and you... will merry Ashton Kutcher! LOL!

Balazs Pataki Sounds good. I am very straight but I wouldn't throw him out of my bed.

sen 3 years ago

if photography was a spoken language, i'd say this very eloquently expresses the stages of manhood with a cool sense of humor! awesomeness ;-)

Ricky Siegers 3 years ago

Balazs you are special...great fragment.

prbimages 3 years ago

Ha ha, wonderful!

adrien 3 years ago

Very funny and very good. You deserve an award.

Jason Clarke 3 years ago

How interesting; I saw the 'apparent' growth of a child in the wobm - in a Man.

Thought it was a saterical comment rather well conceptualised of the males fagility when it comes to :ife's pain. Silly me.

Nicole Goggins 3 years ago

this is v. funny! great concept and v. well executed :-)

Balazs Pataki Thanks you Nicole!

Peter Zuiderent 3 years ago

Great picture, good concept and very accurate performmed.

Balazs Pataki Dank u well Peter.

zsolo 3 years ago

Szia Béka,

Itt is tetszik!
Üdv! zsoló

Balazs Pataki Köszönöm szépen - szerintem te meg azt az álló szerzeteses mongol portrédat tedd fel, mint a rakéta! :)

zsolo Szia, igen ez a site a büszkeség és a hírnév utáni vágy legügyesebb lerombolója... :)
és képzeld már felraktam azt a képet...
"problem with impact, motif and editing" Ezt kaptam...
Hát azóta gondolom én is azt amit te is írsz...
Üdv! zs

Balazs Pataki Sajnos a beszavazás az esetek 90%-ában tisztán szerencse dolga. Rakd fel a kritikába, hátha okosabbak leszünk. Legalább ott is jól megdicsérhetem :)

sasson haviv 3 years ago

:))))
haver
great sense of humor and great photography.
cool brothers, i wonder if i can get mine to do that but i seriously doubt it.
i will keep on smiling for the rest of the day:)
cool expressions.

Balazs Pataki Yeah, we don't see each other too often - we live far away - but still we are lke good haverim.

sasson haviv you can just look at the mmirror:)) with a slight difference.
i havent lived in israel for the last ten years and now came back for a while and living 5 minutes walking from my brothers. also good haverim.
but they will never agree for this photo:)

Balazs Pataki If you have three sisters instead, all the better ;)))

sasson haviv sorry to dissappoint:))
israeli woman are too tougth anyway:))
hard to handle

storytaylor 3 years ago

magnificent work.

Balazs Pataki Thank you.

Zoran 3 years ago

:-)

Balazs Pataki Köszi! ;)

Jeannette Oerlemans 3 years ago

He is so good!
Wonderful idea and beautifully executed!

Balazs Pataki Which one? The two on the left are still available! :))
Thanks.

Peter Todd 3 years ago

Absolutely wonder in concept and execution.

I first thought it may have been a very good manipulation - you all look so similar.

Bravo Sir!

Balazs Pataki Time is the best manipulator... unfortunately, it works only one way...

Helle Lorenzen 3 years ago

Love their expressions. Great picture....;-)

Karlis Keisters 3 years ago

:)))))))))))

Jeroen Oosterhof 3 years ago

:) Hilarious and well executed!

A.madestra. W 3 years ago

wahahahaha LOL...very good idea ^^ i love this concept..regards

nicko angra 3 years ago

wow......
great....man

yuan 3 years ago

whoaa.. great concept.... congrats.. salam senyum -u1-

Antonio Arcos aka fotonstudio 3 years ago

outstanding family portrait, Balazs, loved it!!!

Balazs Pataki Thanks! I'm glad our name is not Adams...

ANDIYAN LUTFI 3 years ago

ha ha ha...Thanks for your picture make me wakakakakak......great concept bro

Balazs Pataki Thank you!

Thaib Chaidar 3 years ago

hahaha....really nice work, Balazs;)

Balazs Pataki Glad you appreciate it Thaib, thanks.

Richard Messenger 3 years ago

What a brilliant concept, brilliantly executed. It IS hilarious and I love the ability to laugh at the absurdity of us all. I thought at the time that the photograph of Demi Moore was brave, brilliant, but slightly absurd too. Very brave of you. I'm babbling, I like this so much. Your attention to detail, which might look very simple, is really something special. The looks, the positioning, the lighting, the background. This must be one of my favourite photographs ever for all sorts of reasons. Love it! What a fantastic photo.

I'll shut up!

Balazs Pataki Richard, thank you very much, I could read your message on and on - it is so much more encouraging than those short messages starting with "Unfortunately the following picture(s) were not published:..."

Richard Messenger And still you make me smile - thank you!

moses stell 3 years ago

fantastic concept !

Balazs Pataki Thanks again.

Robert 3 years ago

Nice to see you here! If you need the number 4 just give me a call:-)

Robert

Balazs Pataki And then we call King Kong to have the magic 5 together... Thanks Robert!

Boedi Wiyarno 3 years ago

Perfect, I'm speechless

Balazs Pataki I hope it didn't hurt, Boedi :) Thanks!

Mal Smart 3 years ago

very cool concept, great production and very entertaining. mal

Balazs Pataki Thanks Mal!

KPK 3 years ago

A stunner!

Balazs Pataki Thank you.

JBA 3 years ago

Killer shot Balazs! When's the baby due? ( ducks hurriedly ) So funny, and superbly done too!

Balazs Pataki You, you , you are... such! :)

MaxHamish 3 years ago

Bravo.......I am lost for words....

Balazs Pataki Thank you Max.

nicoleta gabor 3 years ago

I loved it in screening,I love it now , too !

Balazs Pataki You couldn't resist three such lovely bodies, eh? ;)) Köszönöm szépen!

Carola Lundmark 3 years ago

This is Brilliant! Excellent poses, expressions and a wonderful light.
Best regards Carola

Balazs Pataki Many thanks Carola.

Anna Lepke 3 years ago

I love it. :)
Portrait with humor isn't that easy.

Balazs Pataki I'd say, laughing about ourselves is not easy... sometimes. Thanks you Anna.

Phyllis Clarke 3 years ago

Very clever and yes with humor too!

Balazs Pataki Thanky Phyllis!

Patrizia Burra 3 years ago

Ironic and brilliant!

Balazs Pataki I'm glad if the irony got through. Thanks Patrizia.

Torben Meldgaard 3 years ago

Very funny. Like the humour very much

Balazs Pataki Many thanks Torben.

Adrian Donoghue 3 years ago

Hilarious, brilliant idea!

Balazs Pataki Thank you Adrian.

Lucian Olteanu 3 years ago

Bravo!!

Lev Tsimring 3 years ago

this is fantastic, Balazs! Made my day!

(as a consolation, I guess I was sort of like you when I was 40, but in the last 10 years I moved quite a bit to the left. So, it is not over yet :))

Balazs Pataki I hope my next trip to India will do it - last time I lost about 25 kilograms. Amoebic dysenteria is the best and most effective way to loose weight... Thanks for comforting me Lev.

oona 3 years ago

This is really wonderful!!!!
I had a good ,big smile when i saw this in screening : LOL!
So glad to see that it is published!
Oona :-)

Balazs Pataki I was also a bit concerned but this time was lucky I suppose... thanks oona!
(You really from Lofoten? This site is like Google Earth...)

oona I live in Lofoten (for 18 years...)
Yes, this place is really like Google Earth!
Take care, and please: make more good pictures!
Oona :-))))

doro rapp 3 years ago

*ggg remember lol for some time when I first saw it on your hp :)!
thought you used some police aging program...or some morphing device... :)

Balazs Pataki I did use liquify a little bit, on the arms of the guy in the middle, in my case it was enough to inhale very deeply... glad you signalled back from your exile! :))

doro rapp :) oh...just signalling from home all the time on special occasions - no change of state!
best wishes

John Parminter 3 years ago

Brilliant Balazs, I unfortunately would also be standing on the rhs.

Balazs Pataki Thanks JP - but at least you need not worry about those mountain winds...

John Parminter yeah guess not... :-))

Gilles Bonugli 3 years ago

exellent !

Balazs Pataki Merci!

Raphael Guarino 3 years ago

bravo !

Balazs Pataki Thanks Raphael.

Anna Hurtig 3 years ago

Great idea :)

Balazs Pataki It was originally my cousin's idea, who is in the middle, to be honest...

Patrizia Burra 3 years ago

wow great!

Balazs Pataki Many thanks Patrizia.

Paula Alphenaar 3 years ago

Yes...brilliant idea...ha,ha,ha!!
Congrats!

Balazs Pataki Thanks Paula!

Larz 3 years ago

If I don't watch myself, it's stage 3 for me, sooner rather than later.
There's only one word to describe this photo: BRILLIANT!

Balazs Pataki Did you know that in Buddhist culture a big belly is called "the shining diamond of wisdom"? :))

Larz Damn, why didn't anybody tell me this before!
* opens a beer and a pack of crisps *

Semir 3 years ago

heh great job..very well done

/Semir

Balazs Pataki Thanks semir!

Bob Patefield 3 years ago

Ha ha ha ha ha! I can identify with this one. I'm about the middle chap stage. Great idea well done. B

Balazs Pataki Lucky you!

Monique 3 years ago

Balasz----i just cant stop laughing!
it's gorgeous!
i must check in wich stage is my husband :))
i think that you are in the middle...am i right ?
:)))
fantastic work!

Balazs Pataki I have to disappoint you, I'm in the latest, almost terminal stage... thanks for looking Monique!

Hans Van Rafelghem 3 years ago

LOL, just great!

Balazs Pataki Dank u Hans.

Hans Van Rafelghem Balazs, I just showed your picture to my wife. The thinks I fit into the last stage also but she wonders what follows next :))

Peter Kemp 3 years ago

love this one ... gave me big smiles .... great idea ... big compliments

Balazs Pataki Thanks Peter!

ifdefelseif 3 years ago

This is beyond brilliant! Beautiful, clever, funny, inventive. Wow!

Balazs Pataki Thank you very much.

Jennifer S 3 years ago

LOL....I love this. Great image...glad you posted it.

Balazs Pataki Well I was thinking let's now, for a change, the ladies have something to look at in the nude channel ;))

aleci 3 years ago

haha..brilliant balazs!!!

Balazs Pataki Thanks!

Kevin Ng 3 years ago

I'm still laughing and I've seen this at least 4 times now - well done!

Balazs Pataki Glad you like it & thanks for the advice.

Attila Szabo 3 years ago

I've already met this photo. It's the greatest Idea, a big story! You Demi Moore :-)))

Balazs Pataki Nincs túl sok új fotóm Attila, maradnak a konzervek :) Köszi!

Attila Szabo Ha konzerv, ha nem, ennek itt a helye az oe-n is. Kell a képviselet kishazánknak :-))

A. Zahron 3 years ago

how about this ?
why not I thought the idea of humor like this!
i like this humourous story, very very very good!

Balazs Pataki I'm glad it works, thank you.

Ralf Stelander 3 years ago

Hehe, hilarious and perfect execution! I think you are the one they are looking at, hence the scared faces! ;)

Balazs Pataki Maybe... actually, we took the shots one by one and then I put the three together, added the background, adjusted WB etc and skin tones: my younger cousin on the left is still in the pink, while I am in... some completely different condition. Thanks!

Midas photography 3 years ago

Hi Balazs
I'm guessing you're the right Demi Moore?
Great capture, i really like it:)

Thomas

Balazs Pataki Yeah, I'm the one pregnant with quadruples... thank you.

Andre du Plessis 3 years ago

Hey Balazs. You never seize to surprise!! Wonderful fun to see this, and actually so well done on top of it all!
I love the movement of the nearer hand - so clever and sad.

Balazs Pataki Imitating Demi's pose in the Leibovitz photo was - to be frank - blood, sweat and tears. I had a really bad pain in my back the day after. From then on, I have even deeper respect for all those flexible models. Imagine, you struggle to keep that pregnant position and then have to do it again and again because you didn't hold your finger exactly like Demi.

Andre du Plessis Yeah - having to pull in one's tummy is quite tiresome:)

Codrin Lupei 3 years ago

Excellent work Balazs, seen it some time ago on your hp and it's truly a pleasure to see it here! Great image...an eternal evolution! :)))
all the best to you
Codrin

Balazs Pataki Took some time to convince me that it's worth a try here... now I'm a bit relieved. Thanks Codrin.

Alex OBrien 3 years ago

Balazs this one is simply stunning! What a concept!

Balazs Pataki I have to admit the idea is from my cousin, in the middle, the final concept as we see it is my misdeed. Thanks Alex!