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Phil Douglis | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gallery Forty-Four: Photographing human response – gesture, body language, and expressions > School Girls, Tineghir, Morocco, 2006
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21-DEC-2006

School Girls, Tineghir, Morocco, 2006

These girls display a variety of emotional responses as they greeted us in the lobby of a state-operated boarding institution for worthy students who come from outlying villages. When possible, I like to compare and contrast one response against another. Each girl feels differently about my presence. The girl at left finds my camera amusing. She enjoys the limelight. The other two girls are not as self-assured – their hand gestures and expressions convey uncertainty and caution. The girl in the center abstracts herself with a blurred hand – is she shy? Or simply excited? The spontaneous gestures and responses in this image ask questions and demand answers from the viewer.

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Phil Douglis21-Jan-2007 18:22
I like the way you use the phrase "perspective" here, Rammaa. Normally, photographers think of perspective as a particular way to look at the subject. You turn it around here, and use perspective from the standpoint of the subjects instead. Each looks at me here in their own way, from their own perspective, and responds to me and my camera accordingly. Thank you for turning the tables on me here -- you have given us a new way to think about subject matter.
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