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I chose a photograph under "character projects" captioned "Aoife, Chicago."

1.) Describe: The subject is a girl probably in her early 20s. She's bleach blonde with a short, neat bowl-ish haircut. She's wearing a red polo shirt with all the buttons buttoned. She's standing in front of a biege wall with a couple of sparse black marks. She's seemingly pale and has dark, shaped eyebrows and green made up eyes. She's got a funny expression on her face; as if she's about to smile, but her eyes reveal that she's kind of amused and a no-nonsense kind of person. She's stylish.

2.) Analyze: The artist makes everything surrounding that bright red shirt toned down. Everything around it is biege, or blonde, or tan, or off-white, or black, or minimalistic, like two black circles at the end of the shirt. It makes the shirt pop. Also because she's pale and wearing eyeliner with bleached hair her eyes pop out more. Also it's a very geometric photograph. There are lines everywhere; across her forehead, around her arms. Everything seems definitive and bold.

3.) Interpret: Well this photo was a part of a series of photographs called "character projects" so they all are character portraits of the essence of who each person is. All the photos are very candid and look like an accurate reflection of who they are. This photo in particular is bold, it's descriptive from the facial expression and way the girl is standing. She's giving off a warm look but at the same time looks like someone to fear and admire. She looks like she could've been misjudged; a lot of the characters do. I think the artists intent was to create beauty in each of the photographs by capturing their true personalities in their facial expressions. All of their faces are very truthful! He's telling us a lot about the people through the way they are standing and their faces. The girl in the red shirt is standing with her elbows crossed and one hand on her neck, as if she's covering something up or a little timid. I think the artist is making a point about how we often misjudge people based on appearance and how inaccurate our initial perceptions are. With another project he did, "class pictures" all of the artist statements from the students and their stories are not at all what I would've guessed from looking at them. We have to remember each person is walking around with insecurities, with a story that we don't know just by looking at them.

4.)Yes it's good, it's good because it shows her in her truest form, and the use of simplicity gives it more emphasis.