"I'm sick of blonde jokes!"

I'm sick of blonde jokes!
Originally uploaded by Charrmer.

How about something a little different from the rock and roll fare I've been posting lately. This is one of the two amazing russian women I photographed last year and posted about. I entered this image in the International Print Competition too and it also got selected for their Loan Collection!
The judges had very strong reactions to the image too-- a bit of a love hate thing-- but the boldness of it won out in the end. I heard a couple of judges say she scared them. :) It just so happened I was there for the judging this weekend in San Diego because I volunteered to be a print handler and was in the room when it came up. No one knew it was mine until after!