Of all the objects we gaze upon, people must be our favorite. Perhaps because we so closley share the same features, joys, and struggles of being bound to a physical body that we are acutely aware of every other in our same situation. We all spent the first half hour of our existance as a single cell. The human body grows to occupy an average of 2.5 to 3 cubic feet. It is the infinite nuances and varations in our growth - and faults - that we are intrigured by, and observe - and often with fervor.

The human face is a powerful thing. It can sell a car and it can pursuade a nation. The curve of every cheekbone, ear and elbow, the gesture in every limb, and glean in an eye all uniquely express who we are and what we feel in some primordial language - equal parts art and science. It is this language that others so attentively read. It is this language that we so quickly use to pass judgement. It is this language a camera can so keenly transcribe.

This selection of fifteen images is a small collection of personal and professional photography made in the last 3 years. With each encounter with every subject there is a face to face encounter, as much as a face-to-camera exchange, and so each image also serves as an excerpt from my total experience. I often rely on sequenced images and dyptichs to reveal a more thorough understanding of people. I am always leery of the myopic tendancies of a camera to only reveal one moment of one person's persona. We all change from moment to moment. We are all a work in progress.

[For other ideas, read Susan Sontag's Essay, Against Interpretation.]

All photography and design by Todd Roeth. For more visual works, visit www.toddroeth.com.
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