Some sessions are about the shot. Some are about the subject. The best ones are about both.
This series was built around contrast — dark backgrounds and bright light, stillness and movement, softness and edge. Shot over an afternoon in studio and on location, it’s a study in how a subject can shift the mood of a frame just by where they look.
The corset series, the jacket, the hat — each change of wardrobe brought a different version of the same person. That’s the part of portrait work that doesn’t get talked about enough: you’re not photographing someone, you’re photographing a collaboration.
