Most photos show how you look.
Some show that you were there.
Some show that you were there.
A portrait usually makes a person the subject.
But sometimes the place is stronger than the person.
And the photograph becomes proof of presence, not appearance.
And the photograph becomes proof of presence, not appearance.
Waiting is also an action.
People rarely notice when they become part of a place.
A moment becomes visible only after it passed.
An observer portrait is not directed.
It is not posed.
It is not performed.
It is not posed.
It is not performed.
It happens when someone stops being the center of the frame
and becomes part of the moment.
and becomes part of the moment.
The photo is no longer about who they are,
but about the fact that they existed there.
but about the fact that they existed there.
You don’t pose for it. You live through it.