The Subject
I am extremely lucky!
Before COVID I had the opportunity to travel to all corners of the globe and meet people from all social clusters. I spent also substantial time with 90+ tribes. And it might come as surprise to you, but all humans are much more alike than you think.
While working on a photography project on the streets of Seoul, Paris, Buenos Aires, or in the depth of the Papua New Guinea jungle, I always strived to do the following:
- to reflect the true personality of my subjects
- to respect the atmosphere & integrate it into the portraits
- to make my subject forget about my camera presence.
I tried using flash / light reflector/tons of gear, and the outcome was often the same. All this distracted me & influenced the behavior of the people. None of those pictures was able to capture indigenous RAW emotion.
Another thing I find in my pictures is that the first impression of a human face is the right one.