faces

Less is more

Li mor

and the leaves rest on the bubbling brook.

"You know, it might sound curious,
but I don't want to keep this portrait.
No, I don't want to keep it at all."

"It shows too much vulnerability,
and age. Age."

Pecs, Hungary.

"I work for a film company,
checking the subtitles are correct.
So I basically watch movies for a living."

"I often fast-forward through the boring parts,
of course, if there are a few mistakes it doesn't matter,
because there are three or four people doing my job."

"Still,
we lose words occasionally."

"I cook with this guy sometimes,
and, you know,
in his kitchen, things taste different."

"He lightly roasts the spices and they open.
He finds flavours I never knew existed
in the most basic ingredients."

"It's all already there,
we just need to know how to look."

"You don't like Bollywood?
I show you movie you like!
Really good ancient story."

"You'll love it.
You don't know you like Bollywood!"

Prague, Czech Republic

"The speechless full moon,
comes out now."

Mawlana Rumi

Riga airport

The artist is a welder.
The artist is a shepherd.
The artist is an activist.

The artist is a toast-making, tea-drinking, carrot munching
fictional character.

The artist is non of these, or all of them,
he takes off his burnt coveralls and muddy boots

The Artist is resting.

Drawing you

drawing me.

Cotbus, Germany

Sometimes your greatest masterpiece
is five spots of paint
thirty minutes

and a lifetime of rubbish art.

"My mother often asks me
to take a few pictures from the front,
so she could see my face

But I can't really help it,

I always take them from behind,
my back
my camera

that's where I feel safe"

"Ahhh, that's a good portrait,
I wasn't sure how it would come out the way you started,

but you know...
it's not as beautiful
not as beautiful as she really is"

Sometimes you meet them in the shadows

Sofia, Bulgaria