Claire / Mirror

September 2010 · Reflect series

The title is two things: the subject's name, and the device in the frame. A mirror introduces a second version of a person into a photograph — the same person at a slightly different angle, with slightly different light, slightly different expression. The two images in one frame create a tension that a straightforward portrait doesn't have.

Claire was a friend. The shoot was in her flat on a Sunday afternoon in September. There was a full-length mirror in the hall that had been there long enough to have a particular quality to its reflection — slightly warm, slightly aged. The light in the hallway came from a window at the end and turned everything amber by mid-afternoon. We shot for about an hour and a half. This frame was from the last twenty minutes.

Part of the Reflect series. Prints available on request — see the prints page. The Your Character Is What You Really Are photoblog entry is from a related sensibility. The portfolio overview and work page have more context.

Related

• Reflect — full series
• Flower — another September 2010 piece
• Your Character Is What You Really Are