Rationale for Portraits

When I was asked to shoot the photographs for this publication, I saw a challenge. The task of creating portraits from Zoom video recordings appeared to be outside my usual workflow and I had never worked with videos as a starting point for stills. Generally, I work with physical settings and real people, using my camera to capture that space and that relationship. As a professional, I have used digital photography since my university days. Yet, in these pandemic times, where our world turns increasingly digital, it appeared a logical next step for me to engage with “moving” online portrait