Portrait Series

Portrait Series  Model: Matthew Maciejowski

I loved doing the portrait series. It definitely gave me the freedom to think of a new way of taking pictures. In this series I took pictures of someone doing everyday activities... sleeping. When we sleep we generally toss and turn all night. If you were to look at someone in different stages of sleep you would find that they are in all different positions. That definitely describes my art. I do not have a specific style, what ever I feel at the moment is the feeling I like to portray in my photos.

When coming up with the idea for this series I knew that I did not want to do the typical posed pictures. I wanted to portray a necessary activity. After I took a few pictures I knew that I can take this so many places. I decided to take a simpler approach and show different stages whether it is a nap or a twelve hour sleep.