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by dirtyv 1078 days ago
Whenever you create any kind of art, be it a story, a picture, or whatever, I would argue you reveal something about yourself. I remember reading about Philippe Halsman, a photographer who did this series of portraits featuring celebrities jumping. His theory was that when his subjects were in the air they were so preoccupied that they would inadvertently let their guard down and let their true selves out. He did a portrait of Marilyn Monroe like this and afterwards when he told her his reasoning behind it she was so mortified she refused to ever work with him again
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This is why I love the YouTube series Hot Ones. Nothing forces a guard to be down (and humanizes a celebrity) more than eating wings that are way too spicy :D