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I guess it's just the photographer's style, but every one of those portraits looks like the subject been posed in a way that's unnatural for them, and they're n

• mikece 7y ago
  Perhaps that's partially the point? They've all been brought together in a manner that, for almost everyone, is uncomfortable and strange... to say nothing about the nature of the connection they share which is awkward, even to them.
• crispyporkbites 7y ago
  Meh, I think they all look like they’re trying hard to look like they’re not enjoying it, aka hipster, it’s not cool to be happy
  • UsefulAlt 7y ago
    FWIW, as someone who found out by surprise that I was a sperm-donor child (and that I have at least one half-sister who was equally surprised by the knowledge of an unexpected half-brother) I find the expressions of the people in the photographs extremely relatable. It's pretty much the exact expression I had on my face when I first found out, which is essentially a combination of "wow this explains a lot of things" + "what the fuck" + a constant background oscillation of "but this changes nothing/everything/nothing/everything/nothing/everything". I'm in my mid-40's, so it's not a generational thing.
  • TotempaaltJ 7y ago
    I do think there's the factor of the type of camera used: it's mentioned that it takes a while to take the picture.