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Man with Dog, Mexico — Joël-Peter Witkin, 1990 Many of the show’s 18 gelatin silver prints picture living humans whose polymorphous bodies have destined them for life on the margins. “Man with Dog,” is a radiant young person whose perfectly formed female breasts preside over an otherwise perfect male body; his made-up face and braided hairdo would mark him as the most elegant of society señoras. The manager of a Mexico City gay bar, the man gazes unapologetically at Witkin’s camera, serenely conscious of his own beauty. Like all of Witkin’s pictures, “Man with Dog” is carefully composed. An elaborate shiny dark cloth frames the nude figure, and the model himself is adorned with photographs and lace. (The work is partly an homage to Diane Arbus’s 1968 “Naked Man Being a Woman,” a similar figure framed by drapes.) — Turning a Prophet, Margaret Regan, Tucson Weekly 2001

Man with Dog, Mexico — Joël-Peter Witkin, 1990

Many of the show’s 18 gelatin silver prints picture living humans whose polymorphous bodies have destined them for life on the margins. “Man with Dog,” is a radiant young person whose perfectly formed female breasts preside over an otherwise perfect male body; his made-up face and braided hairdo would mark him as the most elegant of society señoras. The manager of a Mexico City gay bar, the man gazes unapologetically at Witkin’s camera, serenely conscious of his own beauty.

Like all of Witkin’s pictures, “Man with Dog” is carefully composed. An elaborate shiny dark cloth frames the nude figure, and the model himself is adorned with photographs and lace. (The work is partly an homage to Diane Arbus’s 1968 “Naked Man Being a Woman,” a similar figure framed by drapes.)

— Turning a Prophet, Margaret Regan, Tucson Weekly 2001

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Macro Photographs That You Will Love

Macro photography is a different style of photography, basically it is a close-up photography, in which the photographer try to show us the parts of little object which is not possible to see from naked eye. In modern use it refers to a finished photograph of a subject at greater than life size. 

That snail is on an adventure. I can tell.

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Lee Jeffries is an accountant from Manchester by profession but for the past few years he’s traveled around the world photographing people he encounters on the streets, particularly the homeless.

He spends time getting to know each of his subjects before shooting them, which is evident in his work. The breath taking portraits seem to suggest details of each individuals life, taking a hard unflinching look at their personal condition.

Jeffries was just announced as the 2011 Digital Camera Photographer of the Year and you can read more about him at the Independent.

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“Photographer Lee Jeffries worked as a sports photographer before having a chance encounter one day with a young homeless girl on a London street. After stealthily photographing the girl huddled in her sleeping bag, Jeffries decided to approach and talk with her rather than disappear with the photograph. That day changed his perception about the homeless, and he then decided to make them the subject of his photography. Jeffries makes portraits of homeless people he meets in Europe and in the US, and makes it a point to get to know them before asking to create the portraits. His photographs are gritty, honest, and haunting.”

These are faces.

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