Photo of the Day: Annoyed.


Taken August 19, 2011 in Philadelphia, PA

Does this look like the face of a man who is happy with the idea that he’s being photographed by a vivacious and eager photographer?  No.

He gave me the third degree, even accusing me of being put up to photographing me on behalf of his wife. (I have no idea why he would even suggest something that salacious…unless he had a guilty conscience about something)

Perhaps he was joking, but as I stated here, the camera doesn’t lie, and the truth comes out in the profile view.  Despite his look of unabashed annoyance, I’m still glad to include this image in my Portraits of Philadelphia photo series.  Why?  Because I was persistent and didn’t give up and got what I wanted.  I will not be moved, and I will not be stopped.

Besides.  You can’t please all the people all of the time. And you can’t appease a guilty conscience.

Published by Tieshka K. Smith

Tieshka K. Smith (she/her) is a Philadelphia-based photographer and content creator. She uses as many tools at her disposal to challenge and disrupt the status quo. Her community-based artistic practice interrogates racism and classism in place making and civic identity formation; how neighborhood-level memories and values are shaped; and the ways in which the marginalization of people and ideas adversely affects American life and culture. Her photographs have been featured online, in print, and in galleries, museums and other community spaces here on the East Coast and in the Midwest, and are in a number of noteworthy private and public collections. Smith is a native of Chicago, Illinois, and is a proud alumna of Northwestern University (Evanston, IL) and DeVry University's Keller Graduate School of Management. Serious inquires about photography commissions, arts/cultural digital content co-creation opportunities, speaking engagements, or purchasing her work are welcomed and encouraged and should be directed to her at tieshkasmith (at) gmail (dot) com. Links to her work and social media can be found at her website: http://tieshkasmith.com.

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