Un-school portraits
By thefotokid
11 Nov 2007
A few days after we had the specialist school photographers come through and photograph us all with our wonderful smiles ("everyone say whiskey!") I decided to bring my camera in and take a few of my own portraits.
I went around during lunchtime asking my friends if I could take their photo; a few refused but most were happy to be photographed. I was unsure what kind of expression I wanted, so I simply asked them to "look neutral".
From an outsiders perspective I imagine these photos appear to be a set of student mug-shots. For me, however, each photo tells a particular story of how I know that person and the memories that I share with them.
Now I'm in university, looking at these photos reminds me of the friendship I've kept and the friendship I've unfortunately lost. What I used to call best friends now feel like strangers.
2 responses
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Alexandru Valentin Iedu gave props (31 Mar 2009):
NICE STORY ... !!! COOL WORK !!! VOTE IT :)
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Alexandra Kacha said (8 Jun 2009):
i love this.
