THE MAKING OF PORTRAITS

Hungarian model, Merse Molnar. 

P O R T R A I T S

I've never really had the guts to try to do portraits.

I suppose I never thought I would be able to

capture a persons characteristics in a meaningful 

way. But here I dived into unknown territory 

and gave it a try as my first proper portrait.

I've also thought about what the differences between a

photographic portrait and hand crafted portraits like

painted or drawn ones. I suppose it all comes down to

the artist himself. Perhaps the photographer are simply
intrigued by the person's natural features and qualities. 

But sometimes the artist want to make use of the

artistery, and go beyond the limits of what's 

portrayed as something purely realistic. 

I chose this picture particularly because of the look

he expresses with his eyes is something quite

seductive, yet suspicious or dark. So with the

power of a pencil I wanted to make that

more visible. Reveal a part of his subconsciousness,

that couldn't be exposed in the same way 

through a photograph. 

And perhaps that might raise some

questions for the person portrayed himself?