I am deeply inspired by Arnold Newman’s skillful ability to authentically capture the complex characters of his subjects through perceptive portraits. By focusing my lens on capturing candid silly moments between people, I aim to explore how shared moments of genuine laughter and mirth can help cultivate deeper understanding and intimacy between individuals and groups. Through portraying the little absurdities of daily life that elicit chuckles, I hope to convey humor’s important role in promoting health, connection and joy – values increasingly needed in our serious world.

  • The title of this photographic project is “Capturing Candid Comfort: Breaking seriousness.” The societal issue I aim to explore is how breaking serious conventions in portraiture can help normalize public displays of playfulness that cultivate joy and bring people together through shared vulnerability.
  • I want my exhibition’s audience to feel uplifted by witnessing how closely linked happiness and humanity truly are through these peeks into authentic moments where self-consciousness slips away amidst laughter together.
  • I will gain inspiration from seeking out the types of candid photographs and illustrations that resemble tiny snapshots into scenarios where absurdity briefly reigns and silliness spreads mirth as people momentarily prioritize having fun together over anything or anyone else.

By depicting humanity’s capacity for humor and play, this photographic series aims to add levity and balance to traditional portraiture conventions. Trailblazers like Newman prove subjects can be powerfully, authentically captured through showing virtues like silliness worth cultivating too. With patience and humor as guides, I hope to make viewers smile by celebrating our shared proclivity for nonsense and laughter’s intimacy.