Sharon Haasbroek, Hidden Identity (PEOPLE 2023)

This image was inspired by the story of Rodriguez, the musician, who always wore a hat, had long hair and would to sit with his back to the audience when he performed. My model, who had long hair, had just had his nails painted. I thought that it would be better to photograph him from the front, with his face hidden, making the nails and the hat a focus of attention. I thought that the square crop did this image some justice.

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