BeyondtheMoon

For some time now I have been working on a series of portraits of women. I made hundreds of pictures of each person in the same position in 15 minutes. All of those that were not sharp, not taken well or where the person photographed did not look into the lens, were deleted.
From the pictures that remained, a selection was made. Of those, when both the "photographed" and the "photographer" could agree on one, that picture was picked. If not, a new series was made.

While making these portraits I became interested in getting closer, concentrating on parts of the ears, the neck, the chin and every other possible part of the rest of the female body: I saw landscapes; unknown hidden landscapes. I had in mind to explore unknown territories like once driving in and around Monument Valley. It didn’t work.

The results from this approach reminded me too much of the work of other photographers who have done similar things. I refused to copy work I had seen before. I was looking for something else so I started all over again to make pictures that did not look like anybody else’s. The results of this new approach are presented here.