The magazine of the photo-essay
Feb 2017 back issue
by Lydia Panas
“A free, really high quality photo-essay magazine. Fabulous!”
Stephen Fry. British actor, writer and film & documentary maker
Our earliest relationships factor considerably in determining whom we turn
out to be.
For three years, in hot and cold weather, I invited families of various forms
to stand before my lens. I asked them not because I knew what to expect,
but because I was curious to see what would happen. These groups and
occasional individuals stood graciously before me. I watched how they
arranged themselves and then began to photograph them with my view
camera.
In these pictures of family relationships, the details matter most. Although
they portray engaging people, verdant landscapes and beautiful light, the
photographs also provide more subtle clues for understanding the nature
of my work.
These images depict specific people, but they go beyond portraits to explore universal questions of how we see
ourselves and what we feel. The pictures ask that we look deeper than the surface for what lies underneath: that
complex part of our own personalities we often don’t see.
Asha and Oksana W.
A Suspended Moment.
Vicki and Antonio, Veronica and Sabine.
It's a Matter of Perspective, Mr.President.
French Pastoral.
Eisenhauer Brothers.
Invincible.
The Coat.
Tony and Maddie.
Sisters.
Cousins.
Portrait of a Young Man.
Canvas.
Mother.
In Her Voice.
Family.
