I’m not usually the guy to shoot “the girl next door” but this portrait of Farrin doesn’t fit any other category! (Trivia: Farrin is Brenda’s twin sister. Check out that post for an interesting comparison of two sisters and another take on this same subject.)

I trust in nature for the stable laws of beauty and utility. Spring shall plant and autumn garner to the end of time. —Robert Browning

Black and white photography is a wonderful media for creating intimate portraits because the lack of color immediately simplifies the image, causing the viewer to focus on the real subject of the photograph—the portraiat’s subject—instead of their clothing or surroundings.

Many photographers, including myself, wear glasses. I guess that’s why camera manufacturers invented built-in diopter corrections! As far as I can tell, the first cameras to have adjustable diopter correction, as opposed to screw-in viewfinder adapters, were the Olympus OM’s (3 and 4) and the Nikon F4.

If there’s a chance that in 100 year’s time there will be just one person who will look at my work and be touched by it, then I must continue to create art for that person.—Yayoi Kusama.