I like taking portraits where the subject is staring right into
the lens, revealing and laying bare their lives for you to peek into. And
sometimes in the hundreds of portraits I take, I always come across
someone whose life is a reflection or a memory of my own life. When they look
into my lens, they penetrate much deeper, sometimes shaking the
innermost chords of my being. There is a sense of universal deeper human
connection one feels at that moment. These eyes sometimes tell you tales of the
sandwich just consumed to the last fight he had with his girlfriend or boyfriend.
Kids are the most daring. They don’t have any garbs to hide
behind. They let you wonder in their worlds telling you tales of mischief
and carefree abandonment. When you request adults to pose for you, the
first pose they give is usually a smile. But kids, some are shy, while
others are beaming and excited. Some who come and poke the camera
lens. They want to see what is behind that, they are not afraid to
want to check things out. When people look at my pictures I want them to
be able to hear those stories. It’s true what they say; your eyes are the
window to your soul.
