Inspired by :: kassia photography

I confess I’m not usually immediately drawn to imagery with people in it. I sometimes look at the human form as detracting from a landscape or texture and if you have read my blog a while I’m sure you would know that about me by the images I choose. In a flickr search I came across the work of kassia photography and was so mesmerised by her images. She has the ability to capture that moment that attracts me to portrait photography. When I first started studying last year one of my lecturers got us to study faces on magazines – these images are why we buy them and in his words ‘the eyes have it’. Kassia has the knack of grabbing those moments of greatest depth, where you find yourself completely drawn in by a gaze wanting to know what they are thinking. Go and view her work on both her website, Kassia Photography and her blog.

I am so enamoured with the top image and I had high hopes of using it an assignment I am currently working on but alas I was overruled by my lecturer. Kassia gave me her permission and blessing and was so accommodating and helpful when I asked. She really is very special and oh so talented.

All images via flickr are copyright to Kassia Photography. They are from top lindsey, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind. sort of and gina