Video: Distorted Grimaces: A series of photographs showing the faces of people in discomfort
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Each of us, at least once in our life, experienced discomfort - be it physical, moral or psychological. But hardly anyone thought about how he looks from the outside at such moments. A series of photographs in which distorted grimaces are captured, more like images of crooked mirrors, is a kind of visual interpretation of the uncomfortable statethat is so hard to describe in words. After all, any slightest influence of external or internal factors on a person prevents him from living in harmony with himself …
- says the photographer Natalia Pereira (Pereira Natalia).
According to photographer Mike Larremor, we are all children at heart who enjoy not only expressing their emotions, but also making faces in front of the mirror. Photo series "Miracles of facial expressions" is a good example of this. Indeed, for his "experiment" the author invited adults, completely different people, giving them a unique opportunity to express themselves …
Photographer Patrick Hull came up with an equally peculiar idea to capture human emotions, and in particular - shock … Relying on his talent and original sense of humor, he created an insane series of photographs in which people are captured in the moment of being electrocuted by an electric shock.
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