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[Scans] Sweet 2009 September
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lol ok she just doesn't give a **** about her image anymore i guess
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ugh I hate to say this but the photos are really bad & she looked real dead/emotionless in them :no :no
I wonder if that's done on purpose or not but at least I like her nail art & heels -_- |
weird expressions:shakehead
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she looks like a doll
i think that the concept thanks for sharing |
omg.... she looks like a doll
the same on all photos |
sigh...she looks weird...>____>
Ok the expression, the thin eyebrow, and the thick straight bangs, together makes her look ultra weird. 1. She needs to stop making this same expression where it lifts her eyebrows higher. 2. Her eyebrows are too thin...resulting in the big gap above her eyes. 3. Her straight thick bangs is not long enough...just long enough to cover her thin eyebrows, making her look weird with the big gap between her bangs and eyes. 4. She needs to fix her eyelids. Its not like how it was before. Its like the crease/fold is not there anymore or something. Less make-up is a good thing but not like this. Sigh...ayu stop using shimomura!! |
Really weird. Especially the cover.
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was she drugged for this photoshoot?
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LMFAO @ gif. :P
but Ayu, please stop with the emotionless expression, prz. |
She looks DEAD.
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That was surprising observation! All I can say to the photoshoot is horrible! TT__TT... The dresses are nice but the way Ayu's expression is really dead. Thanks for sharing anyways :) |
The makeup is very.. different.
To be honest, most models have deadface, haha. Ah, I see. It's like, nude makeup, which is the theme of the shoot.. |
she looks sweet but so dead |
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But, yeah, wow @ these scans >__>; It honestly doesn't even look like her o-o; I wish Ayu would smile more in her photoshoots xD; She has such a pretty smile when it's natural~ (not like on the (miss)understood CD only cover lmao >>) On the other hand, though, I reaaally like that outfit she's wearing on the cover x3 And I love her hair up like that too ;D |
I wonder if they just photoshopped her face on @_@ omg the same expression XD
it's like she's staring deep into my soul or something :roflmao |
I'm sure somehow, she was coached by Kazuyoshi to make ~a model-like face~, which I guess to him is just staring blankly into the camera.
Not all her shoots are dynamic spreads, but damn it. ND CHOW at least let her have fun in his Sweet shoots with her! |
hm. these photos are really..weird.
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oh yes lets all just blame him! that will make the pics better! |
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Just look at VOGUE NIPPON x DIOR.. |
Yuck. Gross. Disgusting.
Same facial expression COULD be a "theme", but I wouldn't go that far. I thought the SCawaii brought upon a better look/whatever... but this... sorry, it's horrendous. |
...................................... the pics.... are truly horrible. What happened to the old good pics ayu used to take :(
They doesn't even look like her -_- Especially the 3rd pic. The expression is really weird. The makeup seems a little different this time round though. |
I love her clothes but wth is wrong with her face?
:shakehead She looks dead, like a doll. |
Uh......perhaps its done on some special purposeXD
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Thanks for sharing, but does it seems to be weird for us or did somebody made Ayu posed that way for the photoshoot? I'm leaning more on the negative side on this...
(And where is the Music Japan performance???) |
From just the thumbnails, I was like "Is THAT Ayu?!"...
That face would work for the next horror movie. |
It's like Ayu doesn't even HAVE an image anymore.
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she looks like... a drugged corpse.
the outfits are cute though! :P |
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i woke up from a nap and seeing these pics scared the heck of out of me. i thought her sunrise cover were bad but this tops it for me *hides under the covers*
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i cant believe they didnt use eyeliner......~ but i guess...maybe she's just preparing and accepting the fact that she's aging??? ;__; or something?~ i mean, there WAS talk about how they were re-touching her music vids to show less signs of aging?
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Who's that?
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ah some of my fav pics |
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She looks really.... yuck. I think the theme is.. Iono, mannequins or something. Still, the whole getup is terrible. And the eye makeup. What's up with that?! It's like proving the stereotype that Asians have single eyelids. <_< >_> Seriously. |
maybe she want to show that she's like a doll in the hands of photographer and other stuff
or mayve she think that looks like a child %) |
LOL! hahaha! I'm laughing out loud but I'm crying inside. From the thumbnails I was expecting pure utter poop but it's not as bad as I expected, but still bad. For these pics her features don't bother me that much but her hair and her makeup... ew. I am not going to save these in my ayu pics folder. They are so unmemorable. She looks horrible lately. She is unrecognizable. Bah. When I was watching the Rainbow pv, I was hit with nostalgia and sadness. She was so beautiful back then. She was also so charming in all her (miss) understood era music videos and photos/mag shoots. Now I don't like the way she looks at all, in her concerts, backstage videos, tv appearances, everything!
People are noting how her eyes lost the creases/drooping. I came across a video on youtube about it. I want to find it again and show you. Perhaps this is why she always opens her eyes like that now? Her eyebrows are like "surprised" mode always. She is aging rapidly... so sad. Quote:
Kazuyoshi just happens to have the unfortunate task of documenting the degradation of, in my opinion, one of the top beauties of our time. I truly think Ayu is at her worst recently. |
Thanks for the scans!
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I actually like the outfit, make-up and hair..now if only she hadn't looked so dead in the eyes and closed her mouth >.>
thanks for sharing! (is there any chance you could scan the interview-part more clearly? I'd like to translate it, but some of the lines are faded) |
I love how people are JUST NOW realizing that Ayu doesn't look like Ayu, when she hasn't looked like Ayu for mooonths.
Yeah, the pictures suck though. She looks like ayaka more than Ayu. Her eyes look like they're about to just burst out of her head. I miss Ayu when she was still like Ayu. ;( |
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but yea... to tell you the truth, I'm kind of angry at Ayu. I learned to accept myself through Ayu but after seeing her tamper with her already extremely beautiful self, I'm losing the Ayu magic and reevaluating my values. |
Even if she expression is the same in all shots, she still looks damn hot :P
That's all though lol. |
wow she looks pretty different with less make-up, nice try though
she should smile more |
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Okay. i like the outfits (as pretty much always) and i like her hair in the last pic. But i'd like to know who's that girl. I'm starting to miss the ayu that looks like ayu. I'm really tired of the dead looking ayu. At least i can a look at all the pictures, unlike that gross pic from the S Cawaii photoshoot @cutieismylife: that gif is funny, but u forgot this: http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/9...umannequin.gif It's also the same expression from the sunrise cover. Go figure. I love the nails tho lol |
i would like to see more variety in facial expressions, but she does still look really beautiful...
love the gif ! >.< Thanks for these! and thanks for the textless ones! |
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I'm feeling worse and worse about Ayu. Not so much her music (though I've been sad a few times about that, too), but her image is really starting to be...not in my taste anymore. I swear by my entire estate that she got a nose job right before the NEXT LEVEL PV, and her photoshoots are looking less and less glamorous. She doesn't have an image that she can say is "Ayu" anymore. In the past you could be like, "that's an Ayu photoshoot," but now... :no I don't know what she's trying to do. Look super super young? She looks like how she did when she was 17. :no She can't try to look like a teenager anymore. It's getting almost disgusting. :( What's weird is that she's trying to look super young in most of these, but looks super old obaa-san like in the second photo. :shrug On the bright side, it doesn't look like she used as much photoshop this time around. That makes me really happy. :) |
Her photoshoots went downhill after the summer CD DATA for glitter, haha. -sigh-
Last really good one imo was the one Sweet issue that she had the rainbow outfit in, and the Cawaii that Leslie Kee shot in 2008 with her MW hair. Lately, I've kind of just been tuning out her magazine shoots because of how different they've gotten in the last year or two. I remember when she used to have 3 different photographers shooting her [ND CHOW, some guy who works with Harper's Bazaar, and some other notable photographers..] and not just.. Kazuyoshi every.. single.. time.. sometimes I hope that I'll look at the "PHOTOGRAPHER" credit and not see him, but.. -tears up-. |
At least Kazuyoshi didn't shoot the latest Vivi issue~
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http://www.avgvst.com/photographers/ks/profile.htm Here is his portfolio.. when Beyonce popped up, I was thinking.. NO. It appears he also did the recent Mirrorcle World / GREEN / Zest SPARK CM photoshoots too.. does Ayu think he's a genius or something? http://www.avgvst.com/photographers/...5HondaZest.htm ...huh.. http://www.avgvst.com/photographers/...cket_index.htm http://www.avgvst.com/photographers/...over_index.htm |
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Well, to be honest... I do think he's not a very good photographer, and he's a bad director... But like, I don't think that everything is really his fault. I mean, I'm sure I used to blame everything on him sucking, but not EVERYTHING he's done has been bad... And I can't really blame him for Ayu's face suddenly looking so weird. |
oh god he did...well at least the vivi photoshoot wasn't that bad...well just because ayu wasn't looking straight into the camera...
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Not everything's his fault, but I do think that after he stepped in, things took a turn for the worse.
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Thanks for posting the scans! But this time I have to agree, I don't like those pics. :no Her face looks same in every pic. But I love her nails and outits. :yes
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I wonder if she saw herself in the mirror ? ! oh ! god ! i hate those pictures ~~!
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http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/758...1112uk0tp1.jpg http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/108...08m62b6106.jpg None of these were shot by him. Yet they look as if they were. I'm starting to think ayu's the one with the problem. She even makes the fish mouth in her entries pictures. |
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About dear Kazuyoshi: I am looking through his online portfolio. I am actually impressed. He has a range of clients and some of his work is really good. He has shot so many ads for so many brands and so many celebrities. *thumbs up* |
Actually, people thought she got a nosejob before that.. like way before that.. haha. So, I dunno what changed for people haha. Though I don't think it's really something that's actually happened.. if you look at her behind the scenes and all that, she looks the same as she always has.
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Ayu's been looking dead/emotionless in her expressions for quite a while now, and it's something I've come to expect with these type of shoots, but in this one it looks like she's trying too hard to look half her age and the result is that she only looks like herself in one of the pics. When she's not trying to look younger, she actually looks better.
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Lol, ok, calm down guys. If anything, fashion changes. And we all know a lot of different people play a part in a photoshoot, so you couldn't put majority of the blame on Ayu when you don't know exactly what goes on behind the scenes, despite her having a lot of 'control' over her image. Photographer being a factor of a good or bad photshoot aside, concepts are firstly chosen and coordinated by the photoshoot team, right? (I'm just assuming, so feel free to correct me.) Ayu couldn't possibly have the time or energy to meddle with every aspect. Maybe her tastes are changing, in a way many of you (even I) dislike, but I don't think it reflects a change in her character, so calm down~~
Also, I seriously doubt she's trying to look like a teenager. Just because someone (as most women do) likes to look a bit more youthful or girly, it doesn't mean that they're trying to act young (up to the extent of under 20 o.0). About having an image...cripes, trying to decide whether someone has an image with a handful of photoshoots? Ok, I know she hasn't been looking fabulous, maybe even pretty bad (Sunrise cover x_x), but the ViVi book? That wasn't THAT long ago (depends on your perspective), and she was stunning there. Ups and downs, you know? Is an Ayu 'image' based on photos? To me, she's an artist, part idol, but not an idol who's as dependent on visual concepts as full idols are. Back to the photos. I don't like them much, but I don't have a beef with them either. I'd like to blame the lighting if possible. Remember, lighting, not only make-up, can do wonders. p.s. to the single eyelids comment: ...what's wrong with single eyelids? -__- |
I feel as though she should just.. vary it up a little. Don't use the same guy for every photoshoot. He's had the same guy shoot everything for the last 2 years, which is people [like me] are kind of not expecting much from photoshoots nowadays, haha.
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Ok.. very bad!! Same expression, hair doesnt suit her (at all) and ugly outfits.. But, thank you for scans, of course..
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i think that photo is nice...
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funny how soo many other kazuyoshi photoshoots are really nice |
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And I disagree with her looking the same as before in the behind the scenes stuff. She looks weird in the count down live 2008/09 behind the scenes and just about all the time now. |
really though, how long will she keep using him as a photographer? it's every single photo shoot now. she has to change it up sometime.. right? someone give me some hope LOL
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Thanks for the scans!
Ew that facial expression again... So emotionless... Her photoshoots suck lately :eviltongu I love the last outfit though <3 |
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And regarding image: I'm not talking about whether she's "ugly" or not. I'm talking about an image that strike someone as, "Ayu." And not her whole personality, included. I'm talking about her clothes, fashion...outward appearance. Right now it seems she's trying to do more exploring with her image (and that's a GOOD thing!), but it's not giving her a cohesive appeal. Nowadays she's like, "today I'm 17, today I'm 30, today I'm trying to use sex appeal, today I'm trying to be 20 things at once," and frequently without portraying her personality into the images. You can see her emotions frequently in her past photoshoots (it made the image), but nowadays it seems like it's just about the clothes. :shrug I dunno. Quote:
But I really have had my opinion changed now, and I've got enough evidence for me to not need the reassurance that other people also think so. Most people on here don't think she did have her nose changed, that it's just photoshoped, but I'm allowed my opinion. I'm a full-on, long-lived Ayu fan, who has gone through with her for most of her career and never thought anything of her having surgery. I know well enough if something about her has changed. And I'm perfectly fine with other people not agreeing with me. Their arguments have valid points, as well as mine. But I think as long as we can all pose our viewpoints in decent and polite ways, I really don't think we should get flamed. I have definitely seen it in the past, and I really think it was uncalled for. But a lot of people see our view as something negative about Ayu's image and then think of our opinion as negative, so they dislike what we're saying and take offense. So I can see how people get offended and defensive, but I refuse to take that as a reason to not say what I think in a decent manner. We can get offended, too, by their remarks, after all. Quote:
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Whatever, though; this isn't a thread about whether she got surgery or not. :laugh I do think that her dress in the last picture is gorgeous, though. :luv2 I want it. :P |
ok.. this photoshoot scared me a little, lol
i think Mika should do more of her photos.. |
am i the only one who likes these pics??
i think a less-makeup ayu looks younger and fresh~ and the brownish color series is done very good as well. |
yeah no one understands that shes very tired:rolleyes
poor ayu she needs a break |
everyone who says now that kazu does good for Ayu, I will kill you
I promise worst eva. okay, Ayu, you completely eliminated my 8-year love for you by your own hands |
Thanks you! ^^
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no I actually like 'em too :laugh :laugh |
@Yumi(e): LOL @ paris hilton gif
@ayu_ready?: u do know the mirrorcle world covers were shot by kazu, right? :3 @nemesisyume: ughh, i'm not even gonna comment on those pics lol |
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though i do agree that he nose is um... worked on. it's more obvious on the other photoshoot where she had the black dress thing on... like in profile you can totally tell. |
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WHA U TARKING ABOUT? |
she looks like porcelain doll and not as a human.
Thansk for sharing |
I like everything on these pics except her facial expression
Please, Ayu, stop making that stupid face with fish mouth!!!! Thanks for sharing the scans. |
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He must be tutoring those 'fish mouth' look to ayu! Quote:
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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
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she has lost her mind !!!
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and he did GREEN. and also NL. these were his only normal works because others are 100 images of crap, incl magazine shoots |
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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^^
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thanks wincci :D
looks awful though D: |
WOW!!! beautiful skirt!!!! D&G rocks!!~
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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!!
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LOL that gif made it so much better...i only like the last photo :S
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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!^^ |
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