Portraits

Taking pictures of people is one of the greatest joys I have as a photographer. Some of these are taken with the subject fully aware of me and my camera. Others are caught at a moment in time when they are not fully aware of me. My definition of portraiture is broad. The person could be engaged in a work as the fish monger in Taiwan or simply play as with the two Masai children were doing in Tanzania. When taking photos of a person I want their personality to show through. Sometimes it is in their smile or the frown on their face.

This girl from the Ching Long village in Taiwan, where my wife Jane Ingram Allen does her annual Ching Long Wetlands International Environmental Project really did not want me taking her picture. The girl was elusive and keep avoiding my camera. It became a game of defiance.

 

Tanzania – Mother of the Groom

 

U.S.A. – Too Tired to Eat

 

Taiwan – Women with a Red Water Bottle

 

Taiwan – Sparklers

 

Tanzania – Laughter

 

U.S.A. – Family

 

Taiwan – Man with a Blue Hat

 

Korea – Vendor

 

Tanzania – Pizza Cook

 

Taiwan – Professor

 

Tanzania – Masai Mother and her Baby

 

U.S.A. – Volunteer for Fort Ross

 

Taiwan – Fish Monger

 

Taiwan – Masked

 

Taiwan – Road Construction Dummy

 

U.S.A. – Working

 

Taiwan – Artist and Assistant

 

Taiwan – Vendor

 

Tanzania – Teachers and Students

 

Taiwan – Tastes Really Bad

 

U.S.A. – Grape Harvest

 

Taiwan – Educator

 

Taiwan – Father and Daughter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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