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Antonyms and Synonyms

What can you learn from a first impression?

It's quite popular these days for young people to get written expressions tattooed onto their bodies. Young women, in particular, often have cute expressions, such as "I love sunshine" tattooed on their chest or their arms. It's a pity that they'll probably be judged their entire lives for a line of text that they may tire of by the time they reach middle age.


Unfortunately, people do draw inferences about others based on their first impressions. Rarely are first impressions trustworthy since most people are far more complex than any single glimpse could possibly convey. Still, first impressions happen, and people do use these to construct a mental description of the people they meet for the very first time.

This series questions the value of first impressions. It is surely possible that the same person could be interpreted in a diametrically opposite manner if that person was characterized on the basis of nothing more than a fleeting glimpse. Antonyms, synonyms and bodyscapes are combined, in this series, to demonstrate that it's often better not to judge a book by its cover.

If you'd like to see the full series, download the PDF photobook here. 

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    • Anahí: In the Wind
    • Sunset Beach
    • Projections
    • Anahí: Recumbent
    • Projections Volume 2
    • Projecting Malevich
    • Projecting Escher
    • Projecting Skin Deep
    • Projecting Léger, Miró & Pollock
    • Projecting Decorations
    • Projecting Mondrian
    • Projecting Mandala
    • Projecting Illusions
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    • Projecting Kandinsky and Rothko
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    • Fall Colors
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    • Mask in the Mirror
    • Relaxing
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    • Natural Light Portraits
    • Showerscapes
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    • Projecting Nature
    • Projecting Origami
    • O'Keeffe Reimagined
    • The Rolling Stones' Tongue
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    • Lovebirds
    • Greece 1973
    • Bouzigues Remembered
    • Murals
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    • Ghosts
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    • Digital Waves
    • The English Sailor
    • Windy Beach Night
    • Quiet Hours
    • Cloud Illusions
    • Big Fish Selfies
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    • Unmute Us
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    • Backlit
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    • Covering up
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    • Projecting Impressionism
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    • Portraits of Manya
    • Amsterdam in 2 Minutes
    • Trio
    • Ankie Doubled
    • Ankie B&W&R
    • Projecting Shunga
    • Portraits in Ten
    • Chained
    • The Bollenstreek Flower Parade
    • The Muse
    • Jumpin' at the Lido
    • Sliced
    • Horror Story
    • Nadia
    • Highlights
    • Festival Time
    • The Līgatne Paper Mill
    • Gaudeamus 2022
    • Jāņi
    • Behind Glass
    • Trystdom
    • Woodstock on the Water
    • The Juggler
    • Projecting Nicky
    • fête
    • Marché
    • Unnatural Disasters
    • Shadows
    • Leading Lines
    • Y.T.
    • Bear Skin
    • Dash of Color
    • Window Frame
    • Afternoon Delight
    • Ameria
    • You Win Again
    • Projecting Ameria
    • Not Your Plaything
    • Mourners and Swimmers
    • Antonyms and Synonyms
    • Dread Queen
    • Wicca and the Alphabet of Love
    • The Chat
    • Phantom Body
    • Happy Faces
    • Down and Out
    • AI Blue
    • Warming Up
    • Long Legs
    • Ellen
    • Autumn Leaves Bodyscapes
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    • Leaf Me Be/Travel Pics
    • Seated, quietly
    • crabby
    • Sri Lankan Moods
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    • Baking
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    • Both Sides Now
    • Is There Anybody Here
    • Amie
    • Till Victory
    • Tight Rope
    • Big Yellow Taxi
    • Graceland
    • Racetrack in France
    • Bloody Motherfucking Asshole
    • Naima
    • Found Me Somebody
    • Angel from Montgomery
    • Moondance
    • Sammy's Song
    • Into the Mystic
    • Bertha
    • Baltimore
    • No Other Love
    • Cantaloupe Island
    • You Can Leave Your Hat On
    • Don't Smoke in Bed
    • Country Road
    • Hallelujah
    • Song for my Father
    • Yuma
    • She Came in Through the Bathroom Window
    • Ain't No Sunshine
    • Go Down Moses
    • God Only Knows
    • Come Together
    • Treme
    • (Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay
    • Sunshine, Superman
    • Spoonful
    • Summertime
    • Rhapsody in Blue
    • Gender Wayang
    • Old Man
    • The Motorcycle Song
    • Boots of Spanish Leather
    • Big in Japan
    • Satisfaction
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    • Here Comes the Sun
    • What a Wonderful World
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    • What the World Needs Now is Love
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