Amateur Photographer

Collaborative Portraiture

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When we look at a portrait, who is it we are actually seeing? Our first instinct is to suggest that the answer is obvious: we are seeing a person. But the real question is, which version of that person are we seeing? Are we truly seeing an honest depiction of an individual or are we witnessing an individual who has been moulded by the subjective gaze of the photographer? Perhaps we are

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