I have been struggling with how to photograph a person, can you learn anything about a person from their portrait? I have been photographing peoples feet now for a couple years. This is a recent photograph I took while at a dance of a dancers feet. In some ways I feel that this is a portrait and can even tell us something about the person. The one sock, the bandaged foot, the red light, and the out of focus girl sleeping in the background. These are all elements that make the image interesting to read but perhaps also raise questions about the person and what is going on.

I thought this image was also humorous, not that I'm a fashionista but I will never understand the way some people dress. Maybe you need to see more but this outfit was just too much and I think some people need a heads up; guys especially, don't wear pants like this and try to coordinate your entire outfit. This is documentary for social change.

This image is a self portrait that I made while photographing a dance. Its a little creepy and I thought I would play with the idea of the photographer as a voyeur. To me its a humorous image of the male gaze.

TAM TRAN

I enjoyed the youthfulness in this work and the idea of the mascaraed, as children are imaginations give us freedom perform the roles we choose and can slip in and out of different roles. As adults we may perform different roles for different audiences but we tend to generalize the role society assigns us; thats what I get out of this work.

STORM THARP

This image mostly caught my eye because of it's aesthetic appeal, somewhat abject yet calm and engaging. As a painter myself I was also compelled by the technique being used.

NINA BERMAN

I chose this image because of the allusive narrative it is telling. You first notice the subject is holding a gun then you notice his face and appendages have been mutilated, the story like that of many straight photographs, becomes ambiguous.