"I wanted to create an artful interpretation of the strength and beauty of the black female form. I wanted it to be simple and straight forward yet executed in a way not seen before. I shot a dark model on a black background to reinforce the strength of her beauty. You can see it even stands out in the midst of darkness. I also created the lighting bolt jewelry to reinforce the theme of strength and to also show the stark, complimenting contrast of darkness and light. Shot, styled and retouched by me."-Georges-Emmanuel Arnaud
EXIF:
Canon EOS 500D
1/60sec
f/5.6
ISO100
This is very nice and clean looking...great shot. My only very minor criticism would be that the skin texture looks a little oversharpened or over-textured or something. Maybe noise was added to simulate skin texture?
But really it's a fantastic shot overall...very nice work and great concept.