Tim Woolmer, The Veil Is Thin (PORTRAIT 2022)

Reaching to connect with the subject is often the greatest challenge of shooting portraiture, but extend yourself towards them and watch the bridge form. Often times your subject is a complete stranger to you and a feeling of mutual trust must be created in order to capture and freeze the emotions seen through the viewfinder. In these images the facial expressions are quite neutral but I see an ocean of complex feelings welling just below the surface.

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