Light

“Perhaps the majority of portraits I make, especially ‘found’ portraits use available light. It is often the case that what prompts me to make a portrait is recognising a special quality in the light itself. This is a shameful admission – what should always be your primary motivating factor is the wish to photograph the individual, not just the light. The reverse is also the case – however much I want to photograph somebody, I just wouldn’t do it if the light weren’t right.”

Gillanders.R. (2004) The Photographic Portrait, page 90