Norman singer-songwriter Katie Williams poses in front of portrait. (Doug Hill)
[dropcap]F[/dropcap]ew subjects are more ubiquitous in photography than human faces.
Portraits were one of the earliest uses when the technology was new. Naturally, it’s still used for that purpose today.
The human face can convey all emotions a person experiences. It’s seldom that the picture of a face doesn’t reveal something of a person’s feelings at the time it was taken. The camera loves some faces. Others, not so much. It’s amazing how dissimilar the same face can look in different photographs.
Some rarely smile at a camera, while others always do, even if it’s a forced one. The most attractive individuals, usually women, tend to be the shyest about having their picture taken.
I never tire of looking at photos of people’s faces — or of taking them.
From central Virginia, the Hackensaw Boys’ fiddler/vocalist performs during a recent show. (Doug Hill)
Still waters run deep, as blues musician Watermelon Slim seems lost in thought. (Doug Hill)
A server was charming and friendly at Jarocho restaurant in Kansas City, Mo. (Doug Hill)
Child musician Uma Peters plays the banjo. (Doug Hill)
New Mexico artist Laura Robbins works on a project. (Doug Hill)
Milwaukee-based rapper Milo. (Doug Hill)
Comedian with cat-face T-shirt caught mid-shtick. (Doug Hill)
Doug Hill earned a double-major undergraduate degree in English and East Asian Studies from the University of Kansas and a master's in human relations from the University of Oklahoma. He's been a freelance journalist and photographer in central Oklahoma since 1997.
