Portrait Series
This portrait series is conceived as a dialogue between each subject and their inner world — through a sequence of emotions, the tools of their profession, or even a portrait from behind at the most intimate moment.
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A drag queen preparing to perform at a political rally, or the owner of a pigeon loft concealed behind a bird’s wing, where the main narrative is revealed only in the second photograph — without the person present. What may provoke discomfort in an ordinary viewer is simply everyday reality for the subject, as with the butcher at the Athens market offering sheep heads to customers. Yet it is the second photograph, a still life of severed heads, that creates the contrast giving shape and meaning to my statement.
The same applies to the cotton picker, whose face remains in shadow, while the cotton and clouds around him appear more visually legible to us. These are methods beloved by Baroque painters, especially the Spanish masters — Ribera, Murillo, Zurbarán — as a way of looking into the soul of an ordinary person.
