"Black Seed Writer 02/17/19"
Nikon D800
Nikkor 50.0mm f/1.4
Lightroom
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"The gaze, human or animal, is a powerful thing. When we look at something, we decide to fill our entire existence, however briefly, with that very thing. To fill your whole world with a person, if only for a few seconds, is a potent act. And it can be a dangerous one. Sometimes we are not seen enough, and other times we are seen too thoroughly, we can be exposed, seen through, even devoured. Hunters examine their prey obsessively in order to kill it. The line between desire and elimination, to me, can be so small. But that is who we are. There must be some beauty—and if not beauty, meaning—in that brutal power." ~ Ocean Vuong - via Alive On All Channels ~ It is with great care that I take portraits of people. The best ones that I've done are of those who got to know me over time, so there was a bond of trust between us. They knew / trusted that I wouldn't run roughshod over their vulnerability when they looked down the barrel of my lens - when they let themselves be seen.... Portraiture is always a completely reverential act for me. It's holy ground. |
"Black Seed Writer - 02/17/19"
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