Monday, December 7, 2015

When Bad is Good

     The scowl never left her face. I went ahead and took the photograph.
     This husband and wife lived in Massachusetts. They resided in a house alongside a road lined with malls. They were holdouts. The couple refused to sell their property to developers.
    A newspaper assigned the photo. The woman almost certainly viewed the article. I wonder if she objected to her expression in the photo? Maybe not. The scowl conveyed her strong mindedness.
    It is never my intention to make a person look bad in a portrait. But sometimes an unflattering photo, if it’s honest and within context, can be appropriate.

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