Face to face
Photo portraits, like haiku, distill amazing lives
Faces conjure so much.
And much as I believe in words, sometimes it’s right and good to let faces speak for themselves.
My request is that you take the time you might with a sentence, even a paragraph, to pause and consider each of these permutations on the theme -- one forehead, two eyes, one nose, two lips, one chin.
Like haiku, the form is closely prescribed, the expressions infinite.
Many thanks to those who see themselves here. If you don’t, my cheeky (facial) suggestion is to look just a little harder.
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What you say about photos/portraits is so true. Why then do some of us shy away from the camera? Because we don't want the world to see all of us? Or because we don't want to see it for ourselves?
Thank you, this is wonderful, Seth! I have long loved portraits and you've offered up some wonderful ones. I collect antique portraits, especially the "cabinet cards" of 1870- 1920 or so, about 4" x 7" -- they were hugely popular and end up in antique shops -- and just as you have here, I like to assemble groups, or look at individuals and respond to them. So much humanity!