"Why would you want to take a portrait of someone without showing his or her face? The essence of portrait photography, after all, is to capture the spirit of the subject and to reveal some crucial aspect of his or her identity.
But in the case of L.A. photographer Jeff Sheng's latest project, capturing his subjects' faces would almost certainly put their careers in jeopardy. That's because Sheng has set about to photograph U.S. military service personnel who are gay but closeted in their work lives. Titled "Dont' Ask, Don't Tell," the ongoing project consists of a series of stark, sometimes sad, portraits of U.S. soldiers who are forced to hide a part of who they are."
You can see the full LA Times article here.
The Obama administration's lukewarm support of gay issues has always frustrated me. In my opinion there is no reason for a Democrat to be against gay marriage... I mean... a Democrat... give me a break.
The Advocate did another interesting article on DADT a while back that pointed out, "the question of what might happen when gays are allowed to serve openly is a red herring, and it must be called out as such." Indeed, the article went on to interview a number of straight service members who were serving with gay individuals. We owe the men and women who put their lives on the line everyday so much more than this kind of treatment.
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"We owe the men and women who put their lives on the line everyday so much more than this kind of treatment." Amen.
Agreed. It's is unbelievably frustrating to me that Obama has been in office for almost a year and yet DADT still stands there..a source of injustice and intolerance.
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