"There's something about a face that can change on a dime. It can change in light, in tone, in mood. His latest exhibition, Portraits: 14-16 November, is a series of 90 portraits of 90 individual faces - each captured in an "in-between" attitude and reproduced with his signature dramatic chiaroscuro."
"I always look for faces that feel like they could be modern, but they also could be from the 1920s, or they could be from 200 years ago. He deliberately omitted a year from the title's date; he didn't want it to be anchored in a specific time. I like the idea of this book being found by someone in the future who has no idea how old the pictures are."
"Sometimes the hair was too modern or specific, so the hood is an equiliser. It hides everything apart from the face. There are no headphones or jewellery. It's an exercise in simplicity, paring back the portrait to its most essential qualities. I'm always interested in how much more we can simplify this to its most pure form."
Jack Davison, an Essex-based fashion and documentary photographer, creates portraits exploring the mercurial nature of facial expression and emotion. His exhibition features 90 individual portraits shot rapidly over three days in November, street-cast from London by casting director Coco Wu. Each subject possesses an anachronistic quality that transcends specific time periods. Davison deliberately omitted the year from the exhibition title to create mystery and timelessness. The series employs stark styling with close-cropped framing and monastic-style hoods obscuring hair and defining features. This minimalist approach eliminates modern details like headphones and jewelry, reducing portraiture to its essential form and emphasizing the intensity of individual faces.
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