They tell their subjects to smile; "say cheese." We seldom confront their sad depressed emotions with the camera. They photograph weddings and parties, but how many cameras come out at a funeral. They photograph places like theme parks, or natural wonders. Everything is pretty, pretty boring. I remember watching a man pose for his picture, I later saw the results. He had the most horrible plastic smile on his face, a mask that hid the real person. I shoot most of my victims without smiles but with meaning. Although I frequently shoot flowers, trees covered in autumn color and such. But the most beautiful have something else about them, a certain melancholy. Abandoned things, the discards of society, sorrow, aloneness, decay and decline have an intriguing emotional content.
They are not about evil, but about reality. Please Click on the images to see more.
