What quality does someone need to have expressive eyes?
Is it just a physical trait? Can it be cultivated? Can it be taught?
How does someone purposefully convey emotion through their eyes?
The gifted Alina Lee has mastered this skill.
I started working with Alina in 2016.
Leading up to that time, I had been exploring different ways of doing street photography. I was still uncomfortable taking candid photos of people, and every so often, I would come across a stranger and ask them if I could make a portrait of them right there on the street.
After a few years, I wondered what would happen if I applied those skills to working with an experienced model. This was when I met Alina.