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19: friendly woman, bivona

28 Faces, day 19

What I do in all my portraits is to try to stay out of it. I try to catch people the way they are.
-Mark Carder

Bivona, Sicily
photographed 9.4.2022

18: mary, lubbock

28 Faces, day 18

…success in photography, portraits especially, is dependent on being able to grasp those supreme instants which pass within the ticking of a clock, never to be duplicated…
-Edward Weston

Lubbock, Texas
photographed 1.2.2023

17: artist, caltabellotta

28 Faces, day 17

It is one thing to make a picture of what a person looks like; it’s another thing to make a portrait of who they are.
– Paul Caponigro

Caltabellotta, Sicily
photographed 9.5.2022

16: man + bicycle, havana

28 Faces, day 16

A good portrait ought to tell something of the subject’s past and suggest something of his future.
-Bill Brandt

Havana, Cuba
photographed 11.11.2022

15: jessica, lubbock

28 Faces, day 15

When a portrait evokes a feeling then you’ve got something. Technique isn’t really important. What I want is a believable moment.
-Bert Stern

Lubbock, Texas
photographed 2.8.2023