Finally got a bunch of film processed and contacts made. As usual, as I go through the images, I am wavering between feelings of elated success and disappointment. Portraits are still a foreign territory, unexplored, rich, and filled with peril. I want my subjects to engage the viewer with a direct gaze; while I don’t totally shun the off-camera glance, I feel that it is an easy route to an “arty” image but perhaps not the way to art itself.
Bridget
Eric, Bob, and the new puppy
Girl with skateboard, Far Rockaway, NY
