Phillip Toledano, The gamer portrait.

Quoting from his website :
"I’ve never been very interested in straightforward portrait photography. I often feel that it reveals nothing other than the photographer’s intentions, and a topographic record of the effects of time.

But what of hidden emotions and feelings? Characteristics that are usually secreted from the world? How do we record those?

I wondered if there was a way to unconsciously tease out aspects of people’s personality, and capture it on film. So I had them play video games.

2002"

He has taken the concept of "the gamer face" and exploded it into a portrait shot. He has taken the game away so the face is the only clue to what they could be playing or watching. Some of them are really in depth expressions that are immersed in the game.



http://www.mrtoledano.com/Gamers/01-Gamers