Ron works at my local Whole Foods. He is 65-years-old and far more fit than most people half his age. He has blue-grey eyes. He grew up on the Southside of Chicago and used to box. His hands are made of granite. When he first bumps me, my hand hurts. For more than a year, we’d see each other at WholeFoods and promise to get together to make photos. We finally did. I told Ron I wanted to pay tribute to his epic beard by creating a portrait inspired by one my favorite photographers: Yuosef Karsh. "The one of Hemingway?," Ron asked.
"Exactly!"
- from an article on creating dramatic portraits using an optical snoot: https://www.noahstephens.com/blog/dramatic-portraits-optical-snoot
