Dignity: The Light Within
Dignity sits in conversation with Introspection, even though their subjects differ. Where Introspection turns inward, shaped by personal reflection and the silence of absence, Dignity faces outward toward strangers met on city streets, each carrying their own story. But both series circle the same terrain: the emotional architecture of being human.
In Dignity, I traveled across the United States making portraits of people I met in public spaces. Most were unhoused, and others were simply passing through. What struck me wasn’t just the harshness of circumstance, but the emotional weight beneath the surface: regret, joy, fear, hope, and a hunger for connection. These portraits don’t document environments. They confront the viewer with presence, eye to eye.
Like Introspection, this work is not about answers. It’s about the quiet reckoning that happens when we slow down long enough to really see another person and, in doing so, see ourselves. What we share goes deeper than appearances. It touches something elemental: our need for recognition, for belonging, for love. That’s the heart of both series.
I believe all faces deserve to be seen.
Daniel
Colin
Dan I
Apollo
Wolfgang
Jim II
Miles I
Jaco
Juan
Spooky
Attitude
Robert
Timothy
Downtown II
Michael
Kendra
Marlboro Mike
The Professor I
Mark
Roofin Randy
Marie
Zeke the Bluesman
Sylvia I
Shannon
Eugene
Waiting
The Professor at Home
The Anarchist
Danny
Tennessee
David G I
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Ferdinand I
Ferdinand II
Ferdinando III
Ferdinando IV
Mario Talking about Cuba
Mario
David in Boston
Wife of Apollo
Love I
Love II
Marlboro Mike and Spooky
Ybor City
Beau
Middleton
Together Always
Magnus
Fate Tempted
Howard
Glenn I
"Things I Seen"
David G II
Jim
Mo
Downtown
Stuart
Downtown II
David G Smoking
Delan
TJ
U. S. Veteran I
U. S. Veteran II
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"Things I Seen" II
Sylvia II
Patrick D
Sly
Colin II
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Daniel II
Doug in Ybor
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Brandy
The Professor's Friend
Amy
NYC
Glenn II
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Mo II
John In Ybor City
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"Alcohol Makes Me Happy"
Carwash
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"Hey Cameraman"