The Open-Eyed Portrait.
April 8, 2025 10am - April 22, 2025 10am
Online at Maine Media Workshops, April 8-22
The best portrait is one that surprises us. We don’t know just how we did it, and the effect is profound — the heart, there in the face. It feels as though we’d leaned in to whisper something and found we suddenly couldn’t speak. There we’d be, drowning in their face while they looked back into a circle of dark glass. It is beautiful and frightening, both at once.