First and foremost, the inspiration for these photos is derived from the work of world famous photographer Steve McCurry, who's work in the Middle Eastern sector of the world captures the very essence of people and things, and explores the many different cultures around the globe. In these photos, I try to emulate his work by exploring the personalities of different types of people and exposing their personas to the public eye. In McCurry's work, he captures a person's unguarded moment, hoping to reveal past experience and the inner soul. Although the young woman and young man in these pictures are posed, their positioning isn't entirely scripted. Before commencing the photo shoot, I had brief conversations with Eve and Josh respectively, so that I could get a glimpse of who they were as people. Then, when I had the basic foundations of their personalities, an insight into the very cores of their beings, I took the camera, told them to relax and shot. These pictures are the results of our slightly intimate session and I truly believe they are successful not only aesthetically but also metaphysically.
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