pkok art

Street / Portrait / Documentary Photographer | Hosting /thestreets | Building Dune Queries | https://www.maheshb.com |

Are they just kids or are they kids with hard fates?

Conceptual Photographer, Feminist, Activist.
/statemen founder 
https://linktr.ee/Innamosina

All these portraits are taken with their permission. So, I had to spend sometime with them before taking pictures. If they are kids, I play with them or watch them playing. If they are adults, then try to listen to their stories or whatever they say. Once they are comfortable with me, I take portraits. Initial photos dont come as expected. When I started this work in 2010, I wanted to create a body of work and it has to be consistent. So, I started taking portraits with main focus on their eyes, deep gaze and directly looking at the camera to portray their inner soul. Few of these portraits are here if you have time. 
https://www.maheshb.com/portfolio/portraits-bw

That says a lot about you as a person.  I'm really glad I know you.  I thought it was just that the kids are very serious and have such piercing stares

They are just normal kids. No hard fates.. I follow some ethics in my photography and one being "never exploit human conditions just for the sake of photography".