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Phil Douglis | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gallery Fifteen: Making travel portraits that define personality and character. > Youth, Tineghir, Morocco, 2006
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21-DEC-2006

Youth, Tineghir, Morocco, 2006

This is of the gracious secondary school students who greeted us at Tineghir's boarding institution for girls. I cropped her as closely in my frame to echo the way her scarf crops her face. I moved her to the right of the frame to add a touch of tension to the image. The portrait is softly shadowed, while her response to the camera is one of gentle curiosity. It is a portrait of a young Moroccan woman -- direct, straightforward, and memorable.

Leica V-Lux 1
1/200s f/4.5 at 75.0mm iso100 full exif

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Phil Douglis20-Jan-2007 19:11
I agree with you -- I tried to hone this young woman down to an essence, and I am glad you sense it here, Ceci. I will always remember her kindness and openness. She does not perform for the camera, nor does she shy away from it. She confronts it with who she is.
Guest 20-Jan-2007 07:45
What a beautiful portrait! Her huge dark eyes, staring so confidently into your lens, her relaxed, curious expression, the slightly parted lips as though she's about to speak, the perfect oval of her head in its scarf, and best of all, the placement of this lovely face in a tight cropping. It's pure poetry, and shows how clear a female face can be without layers of artifice and colors. She's perfect, just as she is. One of the most entrancing visages I've seen! Bravo, Phil!
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