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Standing with Attitude

Individual Stances Tell a Story

Sometimes doing nothing in particular is interesting in itself. Just capturing the moment of “nothingness” says something about the inner person because, after all, there is something going on (inside).

When I leaf through the pages of my sketchbooks, I can’t help but think these are real people at a point in time that I happened to capture on paper. They did not pose for me; they were doing what was natural for them and I happened to be there to catch their moment.

The guy with the box (prop) looks like he is trying to figure something out. I caught a guy pulling up his pants; the bent wrist and lines on the pants sell this thought. The body type of the guy with a hat says teenager. ...

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