8.3.07

Faces from the past


I have a growing obsession with old, old photographs.
It's pictures of people that no longer exist, that no longer look up at the same sky I see - and yet they still have the power to hold you spellbound with their eyes. This fellow is...enchanting...and I'm not sure why. I cleaned him up and clumsily added some color, but through all the digital enhancing, there still remains this old-fashioned air about him. There's no telling what his age is. There's no telling what kind of life he lead, what caused such a bitter expression. I don't understand him, but I am mesmerized.

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