Congo Girl

© Mata Patan

Congo Girl

Uploaded: August 24, 2005

Description


My friend Fatima posing for me.

Comments

Benoit Cote August 24, 2005

so intense! I love it. Great work. #299483

Sandy Landon August 24, 2005

Beautiful!!! Incredible lighting and framing! #1760715

Joyce ONeil August 24, 2005

Stunning image - very pretty lady! #1760734

Carla Metzler August 24, 2005

Excellent portrait, Mata! Great job! #1760756

Shelly A. Van Camp level-classic August 24, 2005

Very pretty gal and wonderful image :) #1760837

Deb Holmes-Hatfield August 24, 2005

What a striking portrait, Mata, what an elegant face, very well done! #1760867

Adilson F. Ferreira level-classic August 24, 2005

Terrific portrait Mata!!! #1760892

Michelle Lea Guinn August 24, 2005

BEAUTIFUL!! Fantastic b&w portrait!!! mlg~ #1760938

Tammy Scott August 24, 2005

What a gorgeous portrait of this beautiful model, Mata! #1761178

Laura E. OConnor August 24, 2005

GORGEOUS!!! Wonderful portrait, Mata!! #1761182

Rakesh Syal level-classic August 24, 2005

Great portrait and light, Mata!!! #1761270

Jill Flynn August 24, 2005

Striking woman and portrait Mata! #1761393

Jenny Bosmans August 24, 2005

Fantastic portrait, Mata!! Your friend makes a wonderful model too!! #1761423

Dominique Declerck August 24, 2005

Portrait remarquable, Mata!!

..félicitations pour tes "WinnerS" tu es une championne!!! #1761470

Ermanno Radice August 24, 2005

Meraviglioso ritratto, complimenti anche alla modella per I suoi favolosi occhi, gran foto, Mata! #1761538

Linda D. Lester level-classic August 24, 2005

Beautiful! #1762328

Patty Razonable August 24, 2005

Beautiful portrait, Mata!! #1762408

Sylvia Rossler August 24, 2005

Superbe portrait Mata !!! J'adore le noir&blanc qui donne encore plus d'effet sur Fatima ! #1762548

Marsha S. Smith August 24, 2005

Gorgeous portrait, Mata! #1762806

Deborah Sandidge August 24, 2005

Beautiful portrait, Mata - great expression you've captured! #1763197

Cathy Stancil August 24, 2005

Gorgeous !!! #1763491

Barbara Helgason August 25, 2005

Beautiful portrait Mata! #1765197

Kate Jackson August 26, 2005

Very exotic portrait ~ superb Mata! #1768191

Christian P. Nicolas September 14, 2005

WOW! What a shot, what a well balanced picture. Awesome work Mata. #1835032

Lori Carlson September 16, 2005

You two make a great team! She is so photogenic and you just did awesome! :0) #1845895

Claudette Foote September 19, 2005

Mata.WOW SO SO BEAUTIFUL!
AMAZING PORTRAIT!
AWESOME WORK! #1855080

Kirsi Bertolini September 23, 2005

This just HAD to made the final! I missed it before, great work, congrats! #1872595

Melissa L. Zavadil September 23, 2005

What a beautiful shot!! Congrats!! #1872615

Cathy Stancil September 23, 2005

Congratulations my friend !! and good luck on the next round !! #1872616

Jill Flynn September 23, 2005

Congratulations on this terrific finalist Mata! #1872697

Dominique Declerck September 23, 2005

Félicitations Mata!!! et Fatima!!! #1872727

Laurence Saliba level-classic September 23, 2005

CONGRATS Mata!!!!!
La tua amica sara molto felice!!! #1872729

LJ Corliss level-classic September 23, 2005

Congrats :)

Beautiful! #1873015

Janet Williams September 24, 2005

Congratulations Mata - beautiful portrait and well deserved finalist. #1873465

Rakesh Syal level-classic September 24, 2005

CONGO-RATULATIONS, MATA!!!! #1873656

Sylvia Rossler September 24, 2005

Congratulations Mata ! Superbe portrait ! #1873728

Daniel Diaz September 24, 2005

Congrats on your finalists Mata, this one is my fave, simply BEAUTIFUL!!!!!! #1873767

Luis Louro September 24, 2005

Congrats Mata, beautiful!!! #1873863

Chris Macer September 24, 2005

Much congrats, Mata!! #1873873

Mary Timman September 24, 2005

Congrats Mata! #1873919

Tom Andersen September 24, 2005

Congratulations on this beautiful finalist, Mata! #1873932

Jenny Bosmans September 24, 2005

Congratulations on your beautiful finalist, Mata! #1874267

Paul Sikora September 24, 2005

Congratulations, Mata #1874475

Jordi Delgado September 24, 2005

Congratulations on this great, Mata!

:-)

#1875258

KHAWLA Haddad September 24, 2005


Congratulations on your wonderful finalist, Mata such wonderul image best of luck in the next round!!!!! #1875263

Barbara Helgason September 24, 2005

Congratulations Mata, I loved this one the first time I saw it! #1875484

Claudia Kuhn level-classic September 24, 2005

Beautiful portrait Mata, congrats! #1875567

Agnes Fegan level-deluxe September 24, 2005

Congrats Mata !!! #1876150

Sandy Landon September 24, 2005

Beautiful!!! Congrats!!! #1876198

Sergio La Spina September 24, 2005

Brave Mata anche se non ti ho visto contenta sono sicuro che comunque lo sei bisogna sccontentarsi no? dai pensa che io mi pulirei tutta la scuola con la lingua blaaaaaaaaaaaa. BRAVISSIMA !!!!!MATAMAESTRA HAHAHAH #1876583

Jim Kinnunen level-classic September 24, 2005

Very beautiful portrait, Mata...congratulations!!! #1876738

Lori Carlson September 24, 2005

Congratulations Mata! :0) #1876891

Deb Holmes-Hatfield September 24, 2005

Congratulations Mata, on this striking finalist! #1877167

Amanda Price September 24, 2005

Congratulations on all of your beautiful finalists, Mata!! #1877256

Stanley J. Contrades September 24, 2005

Terrific, Mata, and CONGRATULATIONS on your Finalist. Good luck with this in the next round!
Much Aloha,
Stan #1877275

Deborah Sandidge September 24, 2005

Congratulations to you and your lovely lady friend, Mata - outstanding image! #1877288

Karen Engelbreth September 24, 2005

Congratulations Mata! #1877600

Marta Azevedo September 24, 2005

Beautiful. Congrats #1877927

Ermanno Radice September 24, 2005

Finalmente riesco a collegarmi..Congratulazioni, Mata!!!! Te l'avevo detto ieri che eri molto brava con I ritratti, specialmente in b\n!! #1877930

Terry L. Ellis level-classic September 24, 2005

Congratulations, Mata, on this beautiful finalist! #1878587

Danilo Piccioni September 24, 2005

insiema fate la madonna di fatima!LOL #1879717

Anderson D. Co September 25, 2005

Congratulations Mata, looks like your friend is becoming to be a regular model and good one too. :) #1880319

Leonard Pierce September 25, 2005

Congratulations Mata!!! Beautiful portrait! #1881430

Vicki Hunt September 25, 2005

This is beautiful! Congrats! #1882151

Jane Summa September 25, 2005

What a FANTASTIC portrait, Mata! You've captured her beauty EXCELLENT!! CONGRATULATIONS!! I'm very happy for you & Fatima!! GOOD LUCK!! #1884296

Laura Clay-Ballard September 26, 2005

she looks like a high fashion model! super shot! #1885436

Roxanne M. Bubar September 26, 2005

Congrats on this beautiful image. #1885887

Claudette Foote September 26, 2005

Congrats on this wonderful finalist... #1885910

Dan Holm September 26, 2005

CONGRATULATIONS on this fantastic Finalist, Mata!! #1886715

Christian P. Nicolas September 26, 2005

CONGRATULATIONS!
Well deserved.
Hope to see this one go all the way.

Go Mata, go Mat, go Mata ... I am singing now. #1886767


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