Capturing the essence of a person may be simpler if you dare to get up close and personal. By getting close, you may reach behind that veil of smoke that so many of us attempt to hide behind.

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“By walking in a snowy forest, you can really forget about this world, and every time you forget about this world, you leave this world, and every time you leave this world you gain a very special wisdom that does not exist in this world.”
― Mehmet Murat Ildan

“The clearest way into the Universe is through a forrest of wilderness.”
– John Muir (1838-1914), early advocate for preservation of wilderness.

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“I have two doctors, my left leg and my right.”
–   G. M. Trevelyan

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One person is capable of showing countless facial and bodily expressions, all of which tell their part of the story of who that person is.

These portraits were taken for Halloween 2014, attempting to reveal the more dark, indifferent, condescending and arrogant sides that a person may have.

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They say a picture can speak a thousand words, but how much may the interpretation of the story that these words tell change with the subtle differences that might be captured in an expression, with only a second between frames?

This is the same man, in the same setting, doing the same thing. Yet the slight differences in his expression and the tilt of his head lead the viewers thoughts in two opposite directions regarding what he may be thinking and feeling.

It is a powerful reminder of how those who chose which picture to use in a story, say in a newspaper article, can knowingly or unknowingly manipulate the viewer and reader simply by which picture they choose to use.

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