Abstracting People
An intimate portrait of a child in Bangkok is a visual representation, and interpretation, of a very specific person. It is this particular child. And these images can be very powerful, as they speak to the individuality of human beings. But there also times when you may want to present the people in your photographs as abstract figures rather than individuals, making them more symbolic than specific. Or you may want to make them more of a human detail, a secondary subject within the image that’s needed for context or emotion but not because they are specific people. You might even need to present people in your images in such a way that protects their anonymity.
Blurring via the intentional use of a slower shutter speed can ...
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