Known/Unknown
If the eyes are the windows to the soul, as Leonardo da Vinci said, what can a photograph tell us about a person? By examining the settings of the photograph's subject, what does that tell us about the photographer's relationship to that subject?
There are two groups of people in the photos below:
Four of the subjects are friends. I know their full names, e-mail addresses, cell phone numbers, screen names, mailing addresses, career paths, and ages. The four of us have shared time, stories, and drinks together.
Four subjects I had never met before. All four agreed to be photographed for my photojournalism class within a few minutes of our initial contact. I have no knowledge about any of their ages, names, or contact information.
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the known and unknown.