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Frame
I was looking at a photo of one of my friends, and the single frame in question could not have captured him more perfectly. Accidentally it became everything that a portrait should be. I said as much. He agreed. Then, he asked me if I had a photo of myself like that.
“I really don”t,” I said.
“But you have so many photos,” he prompted.
I thought about them all. None were right. I suppose for now (because I was forced to), I”d pick this one. The linked version is a poor scan of a Polaroid taken by my friend Fab between setups at one of my shoots.
It is challenging to get at the heart of a person.
It is more challenging to let someone get at the heart of you.
It is most challenging for both to align effortlessly, along with the skill required to take a clear photo.
Now try this in a sequence, a quick sequence, in the context of a story and specific environment.
For this reason we do love film, do we not?
It is where so many intimate and impossible truths happen at once, if only for a moment.
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