Anthony

about Anthony

Havholm's 1998 portrait is presented in the frankest terms, with interference limited to the strobe lighting that illuminates the subject.

The light simultaneously strips out any prejudice from the subject and draws attention to all the detail that comprises the face with its beauty and blemishes. The rough stubble and bulging veins of the subject are juxtaposed against his intense gaze and shining, dark eyes. In many of Havholm's portraits, his subjects are captured straight on, lending a directness to the works. But Anthony is captured in profile, his eyes seeming to scan the dark expanse beyond him, the artist, and the camera. The stark contrast of the black void and the illuminated, shimmering face hollows out the subject's identity, removing any superfluous emotion or personality to reveal an essential humanity.