What makes me want to stop someone on the street and ask them if they’d like to make a portrait?
I’m not quite sure precisely what it is. I’m obviously drawn to them in some way. Sometimes I see something in them that I see in me. Sometimes I see something in them that I admire. I believe we value in others what we value in ourselves.
When they accept, it becomes a collaboration, a dance. In those few minutes, a trust is built. They are letting go of their future and past and looking directly into the camera so I can get a peek into their essence.