Comments welcomed and encouragedEnvironmental portraits, or at least, portraits done in the location where the subject lives and or works, gives me a sense of creation and respect.
I enjoy making these portraits of people who are involved in an endeavour that gives them joy, and perhaps provides an income from which they rely on. I've done a bunch of them a few years back. Driving all over Ontario, visiting people in their studios or homes. Yes, it involved time and effort. I suppose that is part of the allure of it for me. I enjoy doing projects that take effort and that are rather unique. I don't know of any other photographer who went around the Province photographing the same group of individuals that I did. If there was such a photographer, I don't know who it might have been. I didn't do those projects for monetary gain. On the contrary, I did them for emotional gain. I did them to satisfy a personal desire to make something that recognizes them for what they have achieved. In the meantime, I suppose I also did it for me. Having the ability to say, "I did that" gives me a sense of satisfaction. If I can't do something now and then that gives me that knowledge, I would surely go mad. I wonder what the next project will involve. Comments are closed.
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Peterborough
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