A frisbee portrait of La Sonrisa de Puerto Rico. Kurdistan, Iraq.
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A year of 50 posed portraits with only one light; a project designed to improve my camera work while blessing the people I encounter. You can see older portraits here, read the rules of the project here, or leave a comment below with your feedback.
The leaf means redeemed. It's compensation for all my deficiencies. The leaf means shameless. Not naked or trendy, simply covered. And there's no need to force fitting-in when you're wearing a giant leaf. The leaf means balance. Safe to be dangerous, loved to be loving, an advocate of both justice and mercy. This leaf is lasting - it won't fall off or fade. A holy veneer, it always protects and guards. Represented and taken care of. The leaf is Christ, my perfect covering.
Wait, is this Eli?! I think I met him at Rand today!
Lovely use of the sky. And I don’t know if you’ve noticed this or not, but when I first saw this as a smaller thumbnail in my feed reader, it looked like he was hanging onto the moon… which needless to say was rather cool.
I hadn’t noticed the moon-hanging! Thanks for commenting. The sky was kind of perfect for this. I just grabbed my umbrella and snapped a couple. One of the easiest lit pictures I’ve ever gotten.