During this month, I am sharing some of my preferred portraits.
Every time you will see a different person, and yet they will have a common feature, their facial expressions sharing many deep emotions. Their expressions told me that they were perhaps remembering, dreaming, forgetting, or simply contemplating life with peace of mind.
I felt privileged to capture a second of their lives. It is up to all of us to imagine each one of their life’s stories.
I am posting for the Photo Rehab. The Photo Rehab is a community to share photos, learn from each other and connect. Want to know more about it?
In December 2014, after completing the Photo101 course, I opened the Photo Rehab Event in this blog, a ‘healing clinic’, for all of us who love photography (hobbyists, amateurs, pro-shooters and enthusiasts) who missed the course and daily interaction with other photobloggers.
I am always inspired by the photos shared within our community of photobloggers, and for that I want to share my enthusiasm with you.
You can visit all other photos of all patients here: Photo Rehab
MEET THE PATIENTS
Here are all 41 participants since January 2015. Go and check their wonderful blogs as well.
Laura Gabrielle Feasey
Musings from a Frequent Flying Scientist
Project Easier
Snapshots Snippets and Scribbles
HOW TO JOIN THE PHOTO REHAB
Time: The Clinic is open 24 x 7
Camera: You can use any camera, from DSLR, mirrorless, compact, to smartphones.
Theme: Bring your creativity and photograph a theme of your liking in B&W or Color. With or without edition. We like learning techniques as well, if you want to share it with everyone.
Who can join: Anyone can join. All you need is passion. Passion to speak up through images – or words, if you may want to add your thoughts to it as well – showing what you see and how much that is important to you.
You can do a self-examination. If you detect any of the following symptoms, as carefully described by Albert from the blog Trigger Happy, come and join us: “Withdrawal symptoms may include the incessant need to carry your camera everywhere with you, the need to wake up in the wee hours to take photos during the golden hour, and checking up on others you met during the course to see what their newfound knowledge has brought fruit to.”
How does it work:
- Shoot a photo.
- Prepare your post and publish it. Remember to Pingback to this post and to use the tag #PhotoRehab so that we can find your post in the WP reader.
- Add your photo to the link provided below. In this way, you expose your photo to the other participants and the audience of the Photo Rehab.
- Here is the link to add your photos. Knock the wall of the Clinic… and click on the image below:
Nice one. She does, indeed, appear to be deep in thought. I’d love to know what’s going on in that head of hers.
Thanks, Amy. We can only guess what was going on in her mind. Here some details for your imagination She was walking fast and dressing jogging clothes. Super modern woman.
Great shot. I’d also love to know what she is thinking.
Thanks Su. As she was doing her morning walk, dressed up with sports clothing accordingly, she may have been just wondering when to join the next marathon. 😉
I find it very interesting how we can attribute thoughts to people we just see for a few seconds. What does make us think that this woman is sad or maybe lost in some memories? maybe the talent of the photographer, the effect of B&W?.. I looked at your (beautiful!) pict for a while and wondered which thoughts I would attribute to this woman. I decided that she was fed up of the attention of her 90 y.o. neighbour who was really behaving like a senile man, while all she wanted was a Cosmo in this new fancy bar down her street. Nah, she thought, she really did not fancy him at all. He made her feel old.
Fantasies aside, you do have a gift for taking portraits. There is so much humanity in all your pictures, there is love and respect in every click you make. Thanks so much for sharing dearest XXX
I am so happy and touched by your comment and regret not having read it yet. It is taking longer than I expected to catch up with all my posts scheduled during vacations.
Your imagination is very rich and I loved your guesses! LOL.
Your imagination may have been close to the truth. She was jogging slowly. As a true Parisian you would have been very proud of how well dressed she was and you would have been amazed of her good taste! But she missed a happy face! Maybe she was really bad mood because of that neighbor!
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The vanity of a woman, no matter how old she may be, lies in the detail… most see the jogging suit, the wrinkles, the functional hair… and then I see the earrings!! Kudos!
You got it all figured out! She indeed was impeccably dressed with her jogging suit and nothing seemed out of place or forgotten. Juts forgot to put a smile on her face! But then my shot wouldn’t have been so interesting.
Thanks!
every wrinkle has its own stories that fill up her life
I side with your comment!
Nalinki said it well. Her whole face and expression is full of life (and sadness) for me. Very beautiful. 🙂 This is one of my favourites, Lucile.
And I agree with you and Nalinki. Her facial expression h=gave such a different impression , and quite the opposite of someone wearing an impeccable jogging suit and earrings! A huge contrast. A lot left for our imagination,
Happy to hear that this is one your favorites, Jo.
A very striking and honest portrait, excellent as usual!
Heartfelt thanks, Andy!
My pleasure!
You certainly do have a knack for portraits…full of humanity
I’m overwhelmed by your comment, Sue. Thank you so much.
My pleasure!
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I love this portrait!
Thanks, Rachel. Also for dropping by.
She’s oblivious to the life around her. Very interesting profile!
Thank you so much for your comment, Paula. Oblivious fits perfectly well.