Portraits

These two images represent different approaches to the portrait. They're both studied and deliberate in their own way. They seem intent on capturing some essential quality of their subjects but are still only an allusion to the original. The photographer's raw intention in these pictures is very strong.

I've always been interested in the other side, so to speak, of the photographs I've found. There's a dialogue between the photographer and the subject and the viewer and the image that will go on forever. The image itself doesn't possess the primacy of this relationship and the context it lends.