Portrait · 2024
The Observer
The Observer began as a joke — photographers are never in front of the lens — and became a series about the people who usually hold the camera.
- Client
- Self-portrait series
- Year
- 2024
- Location
- Studio, San Francisco
- Category
- Portrait
The Story
Fellow photographers, assistants and retouchers sat for each other with a cable release and a ten-second timer. The awkwardness is the point, and the tenderness is real.
The Approach
Identical setup for every sitter: same chair, same lens, same grey backdrop. Removing every variable except the person turned the series into a study of posture and nerve.
Deliverables
- Fourteen-portrait series
- Studio exhibition set
- Artist statement and captions
- Available as signed prints
Your Turn
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