Once, I photographed a lovely little girl who was all too soon in touch with her sensuality. At age 5, she was already wearing girly hip huggers and high heels. She plagued her mother with an instinct to wear makeup. As undeniably coquettish as she was, she screamed at the top of her lungs when my camera faced her. Her shrillness startled me and for a moment my heart stopped. I retreated but 10 minutes later, she somehow realized that my camera would enhance her budding sense of self and she came to life. Lucky me.

Many years later, I now photograph women. While she may not scream out of shyness, a woman may choose to downplay her face for a variety of personal reasons. Attention to such a challenging detail beckons the talent of the photographer to naturalize her discretion in a way that raises the brow of the viewer. This discretion is only awkwardly achieved with the obvious and common default called photoshop. To the contrary, shadows, angles and unique perspectives serve as powerful alternatives.

You may be wondering if the author’s words are just prolific nonsense or in fact stem from innovative experience. Allow me to give you some examples:

A woman who desires to practice discretion while simultaneously luring her viewer will benefit from a silky silhouette, worshiping the curves of her body and fragile profile of her face; the throat, a hidden treasure erotically stretched, camera above to roam the landscape of her breasts and pelvis disappearing into the length of her legs can explode the viewer’s imagination; an illustrious mane of hair cascading over the face only to suggest lips swollen with luster melt the image; the camera peaking shyly from the floor up into the private shadows of her legs and falling into the curve of her lower back sends chills down the spine of the spectator.

Catch my drift? The beauty of the face should not be blatantly blurred but revered, quietly suggesting promises of what’s to come. Written by Meeshee

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