Diane

I don't like it when a photographer, or someone who might appreciate photography, blathers on about "capturing the soul", or how you must really get to know your subject thoroughly in order to make a truly great portrait of them. Whatever. Getting to know your subject never hurts, but I know from experience that it's possible to create or even capture a superb portrait without ever exchanging a word. Indeed, I actually appreciate when there's the welcomed occurrence of working with someone without saying much— mutual intuition or instinct at work! I would never pretend that one of my images could sum up a person— whether their life, or personality, or essence. People are not that two-dimensional. I tend not to be interested in such impossibilities, but instead I try to focus on the very real possibility of creating a fascinating persona. In fact, I find the opportunity to create a perhaps false, yet compelling identity a more interesting endeavor, anyway...