Among the innumerable blessings of having had the privilege to work at the library has been the opportunity to meet some very cool people from a broad variety of backgrounds and interests.
The gentleman in the first image continues to be one of the greatest delights among my fellow staff members. An utterly reliable, diligent and top-notch student worker in our IT department, Mr. Jeffries is also a talented artist (his primary field of study) and has allowed me to casually mentor him in photography. Intelligent and caring, Micah also has a wicked sense of humor and considerable wisdom appreciated by many. He tolerated sitting for this photograph during lunch at the local greasy-spoon eatery Peanuts.
The second offering is a much delayed return to the surreal group of entities commonly known as mannequins. (See my Mannequin series here.) This plastic soul vacantly staring into infinitely shallow depths provides many jarring juxtapositions against the studied glance of my genuinely human friend.
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Micah, #8549
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Details: June 7, 2010; Canon 20D ; f/5.6 @ 1/40 sec; -2/3 EV; ISO 400; 100mm.
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Platinum Gaze, #5837
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Details: December 22, 2009; Canon 20D ; f/11 @ 1/200 sec; -2/3 EV; ISO 400; 55mm.
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Shuttering - "Oh no, not the mannequins again."
ReplyDeleteNice shot of Micah.
Knock, knock! Very troubling, and thus successful.
ReplyDeleteYes! They're baaaaack . . . And the entire idea is to confront the increasingly distorted notion of what modern society depicts as chic . . . very disturbing indeed. We BECOME the message . . .
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