As with the images sent on from DirtRoad (above), when John from JGH Photography shared his work with model Hansel Wellington, there was a set of images I felt deserved to stand on their on in a separate post. When I put together the first post, The Point Of Convergence, earlier this month the theme was aimed at focus. With mirrors however, the focus gets much more complicated.
Literature, theatre, poetry and art are all filled with stories about mirrors, often as a metaphor. Although mirrors may indeed be a reflection of the soul, they are also deceptive and not always a reliable teller of truth. I leave my house most mornings thinking I look great. My bathroom mirror at home is supportive and kind. The bathroom mirror at work however, has a cruel side. Could be the lighting, but that mirror at work likes to mock. It likes to make my mirror from home a liar. Those tell tale signs of the things I shouldn't have eaten or drank, the sleep that I skipped... My home mirror forgives me. My work mirror however demands penance. I am not sure which mirror is actually telling me the truth, well maybe I do, but I know which mirror I prefer to spend time with.
Besides the beautiful lines created, what I love best in this set of images is how the most interesting facial expressions occur in the reflection. Hansel of course looks incredible on either side, but I love is how in John's images, Hansel is focused on his reflection, but his reflection is sometimes more interested in us the viewer.
1 comment:
Wow. That is almost as hot as twins! I need to get a huge floor mirror.
:-)
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