Adam Krawesky started photographing people on the streets
of Toronto in the summer of 2002. At first, he was hesitant to approach
strangers with a camera, so he instead approached them with a concession;
he asked to photograph them with their hands covering their faces, to
assuage his own fear of confrontation and the stranger's suspicion of
the lens.
The result, in this brief but telling body of work, are portraits of people with hands that can't lie, of fashions and clothing that do not deceive, of hairstyles, hats and the ornamentation of jewelry, of surroundings and backgrounds that inform and color the character of their primary subjects. What I notice is the truth that comes through from the hands and the postures of the people behind them. The play-acting of hiding reveals more than a common portrait might ever reveal.
— Jim Casper
The result, in this brief but telling body of work, are portraits of people with hands that can't lie, of fashions and clothing that do not deceive, of hairstyles, hats and the ornamentation of jewelry, of surroundings and backgrounds that inform and color the character of their primary subjects. What I notice is the truth that comes through from the hands and the postures of the people behind them. The play-acting of hiding reveals more than a common portrait might ever reveal.
— Jim Casper
