/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

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the use of shadows helps portraits that are heavily edited, softening the unreality of the subject.

in some portraits, the subject is clearly edited to resemble more of a work of art than a human being. the defiance of lurking in shadow, with the addition of being editorially transformed, insists that the viewer see the subject on the subject's own terms. the camera is not representing objective reality, but subjective reality.