You know how it is: first you get an assignment for Fortune
magazine, and the next thing you know, you're taking pictures of people
smoking pot. At least, that's how it worked for photographer Robyn Twomey. The Fortune
story focused on the business of medical marijuana, and mostly entailed
shooting pictures at pot dispensaries; but in the process Twomey got to
know and photograph Jordan, a 19-year old who has a rare form of
leukemia. This led to a series of over 30 portraits of medical marijuana
clients as they administered their medication.
In these images, the smoke becomes part of the portrait: it's a
gesture, it's a visualization of the subjects' breath, it's their
environment. The smoke competes with the subject for our attention, and
the strength of these pictures comes from the tension between the two.
Read on...
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