but it did start to get worse when every photoshoot was done by him....Ayu should change her photograhpers around, i'm so sick of kazu....kazu...kazu....
He must be tutoring those 'fish mouth' look to ayu!

NOOOO!!!! that's a nightmare, Paris only have expressions when she's not feeling good.

i kinda like it...

EDIT: lol I actually really do, there's something that really intrigues me from these pictures... I love the clothes, her face is timeless; her eyes tired, like a DIVA like her should be after all this time working really hard to get to the top. She's screaming for some free time, that's for sure.

the last shoot is like the tired version of A BEST 2 -WHITE-. I like her hair in that one...


Though, I wish ayu could pick a different photographer RIGHT NOW. We never know what to expect from this guy... which really scares me.


EDIT 2: I dunno if this guy is trying to regain ayu's natural looks or something... which is not really working...

hmm, she kinda looks sickly actually =X
And her clothes are no longer glamorous. Sad =X

after saw many comments here..i just wanna say :

PLEASE!! SOMEbodY KILLS KAZUYOSHI NOW!!!

im sooootired with that ayumi photo since 2008..... :(

she looks young!
that's all i can think of..and i love her without lots of make up :)
and yes! agree with most of you that, her expressions are lately looked so not expressional..

I kind of like them. I like how shes trying out a different look. She seems to be becoming more comfortable wearing less makeup. There certainly not her best photos though. I don't get how people are saying she doesn't look like Ayu. In case you haven't noticed, she is Ayu. How much more like yourself can you get?? :irked

she has lost her mind !!!

oh yeah, I do! :)
and he did GREEN. and also NL.

these were his only normal works

because others are 100 images of crap, incl magazine shoots

I can't agree more. I just don't understand people who see surgery job every now and then :irked
The fact is she's always changing her appearance... If you see her backstage and so on you will see she is still the same...

As regards te photoshoot, I don't like this dead expression. Boring as always. But I like the way she is trying to be more natural, less like an alien or plastic monster.
Yet, why are people saying she is not ayu... ayu is like that actually (minus crazy opened eyes and fish mouth). Look at ayu-mi-x acoustic orchestra cover & photoshoot... she is still the same (yeah of course she is aging).

maybe she's tired of being ayumi hamasaki....she dont care abt her image??
she have taken many excellent photoshoots before maybe something for a change ;)

anyway new pic from sou's blog :love

http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/9048/ayux.jpg

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yeap natural Ayu is nice to see rather than with full of make ups!
she just needs to smile naturally..
not the cutesy expressions like she has always shown lately..
she still looks cute with that though.. but just don't do that in every photoshoots!

thanks for pics^^

thanks wincci :D

looks awful though D:

WOW!!! beautiful skirt!!!! D&G rocks!!~

I only like the third photo the glittering gold dress and her hair are beautifull...

but I don't know why she does this expression like "what are you saying/looking... I'm a good girl <3!"...

grrr Kazuyoshi and his strange things... ¬¬

EVERYTHING looks perfect except her FACE EXPRESSION!!

LOL that gif made it so much better...i only like the last photo :S

she has a weird expression...but I think you can get used to it

but i definitely like the outfits they're just great!!!

I think I like the last scan the most!!! <3

o my good lord.. what is wrong with her on these days??? put some more eye make up!! it'll look much better than this..

really wondering how those japanese girls will react when they see these photos..

Actually I like it!!
She said this time her style is around 80`s ore 70`s.And this is totally what the pictures show!I like them!^^