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In fact the subject doesn't even know that his or her portrait is being taken. These are what I callFound Portraits. On this page there are three examples. Two of them are photographs of strangers taken in public places. The third is of the newest member of the family, and displays another approach to producingfound portraits.
Blue Portrait. Toronto — August, 2003
Canon 10D with 85mm f/1.2L @ ISO 200
My original career was as a photojournalist. I then segued into working in the film industry where I did what are called "production stills". These are the photographs used to illustrate movies for promotional purposes — billboards and other forms of publicity. Contrary to popular belief a movie set is a very boring place, with many hours of inactivity for most of the crew each day, except when their specialty is called upon. I used these hours to take candid portraits of both crew members and the talent, and it's from these roots that myfound portraitsare derived.
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