Chapter Two — Studies in Withholding
On Concealment
Nine portraits about the parts of a face that are offered and the parts that are kept back.
Series
II
—
2025
Pl. 01 of
9
( about the series )
Location
New York Studio
Made
Winter sittings, 2025
Medium
Medium format, window light
Photographs
Nine
Every sitter arrived with something they did not want photographed. Instead of asking them to give it up, I asked them to cover it — with a veil, a hand, a length of cloth.
What came back were portraits of attention rather than appearance: faces turned towards the light, choosing exactly how much of themselves to show.
Pl. 01
Black Veil
Pigment print, 60 × 90
Pl. 02
Veil Study
Archival pigment print
Pl. 03
Garden Figure
Pigment print, 40 × 60
Pl. 04
The Duel
Pigment print, 30 × 45
“A veil is a question the sitter asks you.”
— Studio notebook, January
Pl. 05
The Cage
New York, 2025
Plates 01 — 05 of
9
Next Series —
03
/ 08
Fragments
of Light