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44 images Created 25 Jul 2014

Here are some of my environmental portraits. I prefer to engage subjects on their own ground, in their own places, and capture a moment of interaction between us that seems to resonate across time. Call me to make an appointment for your environmental portrait.

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  • Teen-trouble-Eiffel-Tower-FH197808-1...jpg
  • Head shot, frontal, solemn even aggressive facial expression.  Smooth blonde hair curling to her shoulders.  Wearing red shirt.
    Portrait-- preteen girl FH198007-23.tif
  • Head and shoulders portrait of a black woman seated in front of a window and smiling at the camera.
    Portrait Ghanaian woman-PO201101--00...jpg
  • Tight head shot of a smiling elderly woman in a dark hood.  Only her profile is visible.
    Profile of aged woman-USA-ME201008--...jpg
  • Portrait of Paul & Barb Barnette standing in front of a fireplace warming themselves and smiling broadly.
    Caucasian couple full length -PO2007...jpg
  • Red haired adult woman wearing a caftan seated on her sofa.  yellow tulips in the foreground. Slight smile, sideways glance.
    Red-haired woman -USA.VA201104---312...jpg
  • Head shot portrait of a young blonde woman smiling broadly.
    Portrait head, young woman smiling b..adly
  • Head and shoulders portrait of a boy aged 10 years, pointing behind him with his thumb, mysterious smile showing new large incisors.  Thick brown straight hair, green and yellow T-shirt, grassy background.
    Boy-ten-thumbing-FH197906-37.jpg
  • Portrait of a woman wearing her just-received MBE award at a celebratory family lunch.
    British woman wearing her MBE award ...jpg
  • Wearing a blue shirt and a slightly arrogant half smile, three quarter length shot, hands on hips.
    Portrait teen boy-FH19770901-34.jpg
  • Portrait of a Unitarian Universalist woman minister in her robe and colorful stole, seated beneath the multicolored rose window of her church
    Portrait Unitarian minister-USA.VA20...jpg
  • Three portraits in sequence: with and without sunglasses, hair tied back and hair let down
    Portrait-Triptych-Nacho-.jpg
  • Head shot portrait of a young girl about 5 years old, very blonde, hands to her face, thinking hard.
    Young girl thinking PO201101--0022.jpg
  • Portrait of a middle aged man beside the Potomac River, looking seriously at the camera. He wears a blue dress shirt but no jacket.
    Portrait of a middle aged man FH2014...jpg
  • Family portrait of a father and three young sons seated on the lawn, all snuggled together and looking at the camera.  Pyramidal composition.
    Family portrait FH200606-004m.jpg
  • Massed choirs from Unitarian churches in the Washington D.C. region after a concert at All Souls Unitarian Church in March 2014.  Composer Jim Papoulis at the center of the group.
    Choir at All Souls Unitarian Church ...jpg
  • Young white collar worker wearing sunglasses demonstrates the customary Vietnamese courtesy of handing something to an older person with both hands.
    Portrait-young-man-Vietnamese-VTN200...jpg
  • Marrakech: Jemaa el-Fna  Fortune teller seated under a sun mbrella, shuffles her cards and glares at the camera.
    Portrait-MOR200411_1107.jpg
  • Salesgirl in one of the Battrang pottery showrooms holds a basket of items she has just sold.  She is seated in the salesroom, shelves of ceramic items visible beyond her.
    Portrait-Vietnames-salesgirl-VTN2006...jpg
  • Portrait of a young girl, about 12 years old, wearing a block printed dress made by her father's studio.
    Portrait pre-teen Gujarati girl-IND2...jpg
  • Mr. Somsy Saeton, director of a village school in northern Laos.  Frontal head shot, horizontal format.  The straw roof of his house is visible behind his head.
    Portrait-Laotian-farmer-LAO200601_00...jpg
  • Head shot of a man whose business is to cut and shape raw agate into beads, vessels, and arrowheads.  He wears a new beard and moustache and looks friendly but determined.
    Portrait head Gujarati man -IND20130...jpg
  • Oman, village of Samad, home of traditional pit weavers. Portrait of elderly bearded man in traditional dress of white dishdasha and wrapped turban.  He smiles enigmatically.
    Omani_people_OMN200801--3811.jpg
  • Incense seller outside a Buddhist shrine in the Angkor Wat temple precinct.  The wall behind him has a small sculptured relief of Apsara dancers.  H is middle aged, rather good looking, and his face seems timid and anxious with a core of strength and determination underneath.
    Portrait-KHM200602-045.jpg
  • Flower seller outside the 15th century Jain temple at Ranakhpur, seated cross legged, offering flowers for sale.
    Portrait-Indian-man-IND200111-15-3.jpg
  • Portrait of a woman in her 40s seated in her house in Hoi An, an ancient structure built by her forbears in which she continues to live.  She is seated smiling at her desk; a glimpse into the interior courtyard beyond.  Soft golden light washes around her.
    Hoi_An_resident_portrait_VTN200602--...jpg
  • Gentleman on retreat at the 15th century Jain Temple to Adinath at Ranakpur pauses willingly for a portrait.  Within the precinct no shoes and no leather (such as in belts or watch bands) is permitted.  The gentleman wears bright red pants and a bright yellow shawl.
    Indian gentleman on retreat -IND2001...jpg
  • Young African man smilingly holds up a twig of cloves, just broken off the tree.
    Boy holding fresh clove stalk-TNZ200...jpg
  • Standing portrait of a Spanish tour leader on his cell phone organizing the next step of the day's scheduled tour.
    Spanish-man-mobile-full-length-ESP22...jpg
  • Head and shoulders of two porters who carry pilgrims up the long steep hill at Shatrunjaya to the Jain sanctuaries at the top.  These two carried me, complaining about my weight.
    Two Gujarati porters at Palitana -IN...jpg
  • Bangladeshi woman wearing a blue sari and bracelets hunkers down, hands clasped before her face, in Old Dhaka.  She is thinking, contemplating, waiting, resting...
    Bangladeshi woman hunkered BGD198201...jpg
  • Portrait of an Omani young man in white dishdasha and red turban, seen in profile against a blue sky and distant desert landscape.  He is a guide at the ruins of the ancient port city of Sumhuram, southern Oman.
    Profile of a young Omani in red turban
  • At a weekly market in Morocco near Marrakesh, turbaned proprietor of a stall lounges among his goods looking stern, dignified, and in charge.
    Moroccan man MOR200411_1419.jpg
  • Propritor and chief carpet salesman at the Maison Berbere, Tinerhir, Morocco, lifts a carpet by the corner and discusses its qualities.
    Moroccan-carpet-seller-MOR200411_904.jpg
  • The bell maker, Nivona village, Kutch, Gujarat, proudly holds up a bell he has just made.  He is seated in his workshop, his few tools beside him.
    Portrait Gujarati bell maker -IND201...jpg
  • Yound woman wearing the official guard uniform of a long grey dress with shoulder insignia, over which she has draped a dark pink scarf.  She is seated in a window embrasure at one of the Angkor temples (Banteay Srei).  She wears a faint but serene smile.
    Cambodian woman guard at Angkor KHM2...jpg
  • Portrait of a woman boat rower, who takes pilgrims to the Perfume Pagoda.  Head shot, conical straw hat tied under the chin, serious but pleasant facial expression.
    Vietnamese_Heritage_VTN200602-340.jpg
  • Market day in the Sinaw souk, Oman.  Livestock (goats, camels), vegetables, and weapons on offer.  Men and women shoppers. Portrait of a woman wearing a black birka, or mask. Her eyes twinkle at the camera through the slit in the birka.
    Head of woman wearing birka -OMN2008...jpg
  • Half length portrait of a Gujarati Jain man in white turban and shabby suit jacket. left hand raised with upright forefinger.  He has a long white beard.
    Portrait elderly bearded Indian -IND...psd
  • Young man with a sense of humor wears a kitchen strainer as a helmet while reading TinTin story about outer space.
    Portrait-humor 199512-3-24c.jpg
  • Builder, bird watcher, fisherman, seated on a boulder at Kildowie, Isle of Mull, Scotland.  Tom can make or fix just about anything.
    Portrait of Tom SCO201309-2588 copy.jpg
  • Guard in winter uniform standing outside the Mausoleum, rifle at rest.  Red uniform, green hat, white cape.  He looks sternly at the camera.
    Portrait-Moroccan-guard_MOR200411_03...jpg
  • Teen-girl-drama-queen-FH1978Is.jpg
  • Two men seated on a vast boulder in the Omani village of Misfah.  They wear traditional Omani dress of dishdasha and turban. One turns his head away and covers his face with one hand, not wanting his visage captured in the camera.
    Two Omani men seated on a boulder
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