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Eva while she is working
papered on the wall
Bill while Eva is working
papered on the wall
Music past partition
Eva working on the wall
Anna says the Project
Eva working on the wall
Claire types on the table
Eva working on the wall
Call me on the line
adjusting paper on the wall
Bill with push pins
Eva working on the wall
Anna says the Project
Eva pushes on the wall
Eva while she is working
papered on the wall
Each day at The Intimacies Project, Bill Hayward invites visitors to participate in collaborative portraits. As part of The American Memory Project, the resulting photographs document connections between strangers. Collaborators are given paper, paint, and permission to explore their relationships and attitudes. For more information, go to http://www.billhayward.com.
Uncertainty
1.
Back up a little more. Drop your paper where
it was. Where you had it before. What I would do
I would flip it around. Spread your feet a little
more. Don’t blink. Hook your thumb in your
pants. Don’t blink. Spread your feet
a little more. Drop that paper. Stay right there
don’t blink drop your head drop your paper
a little bit flatter. Change
your arm position here. Spread your feet
a little more. Lean more
towards me. Lean straight
into me. Cross your
arms. Pull down your shirt. That’s more
chin up, don’t
blink. Drop the hand with paper down
don’t blink. Try the head
the other way a little. Drop your chin
spread your feet a little
more. Lean over your shoulder towards
me a little bit. Tilt your head
that way now.
Turn the other way and
try. Let the paper hang straight
down. Come back straight back
around. Don’t move
grab the paper. We can’t read it. Fix your shirt tilt
head a little more apart. Don’t
blink. Chin up a little. I need to find
something this camera wants to focus on.
photo: © 2009 Bill Hayward
2.
I’ve got gray, black, and white.
I’m on the top center point
close to the skin and the gray.
Move your hand.
Head straight up and down, chin up
a touch. Move your hand, let me
see a little finger. Break at the waist
towards me. Now
hold it, head
tilted. Relax a second looking
at the camera. Or
the paper wrapped around
her leg. Flat like that. Ninety
degrees. That looks a little too
opposite. You can barely
read what’s written.
[…]
“I was trying to feel uncertain.”
Pull your hair back a little bit.
Back up just a hair.
Chin up a touch.
It’s not a smile word
Whoops focus there
we go What’s that
questioning here
I was trying to feel
uncertain maybe I was
trying too……………
you’ve gotta sort of look
away you don’t want to
make it blast out wrong mood
people always when they’re defensive
cover their chest back a little more
drop your paper
where it was don’t blink
hook your thumb
crossing your
yeah
spread your feet a little more
on the side though
quite read enough of it
change your arm
position again
straight into me
profile……
crush your arms
that’s more natural
don’t blink
drop the hand
no don’t drop it
nice
looking at me
come back
with your face to me
lean over your shoulder
toward me
let the paper hang straight
I have an idea
behind your leg a little
go over and grab the paper
so we can read it
now fix your shirt
focus yep
yep
yep
nice
don’t blink
I need to find
something
this camera can
focus………
top center point
skin and the gray
try your arm up
like that let’s try
a couple like these
let me……………………..
see a little more finger
ok relax a second what’s
your idea more of a portrait
or you would have
it wasn’t really a
paper wrapped around
her leg too obvious
here’s my sign
you can barely read
can I see what you’re looking for
photo: © 2009 Bill Hayward
Uncertainty
Pull your shirt down. Chin up. Cock your head to one side
or another. Come around a little. Shirt down. Hand on
your hips. Do you have pockets. Drop that hand
down. Walk around a second loosen
up. It’s not a smile word. It’s not serious
or matter-of-fact. What’s that. More
matter-of-fact again. Chin up
a hair again. It’s all about questioning
here. Let me try to act like I feel it.
Come on out off the background
When I changed it from a statement to a question
This is his release
Turn away from me your whole body
Tilt your head just a little cock it
like you’re really coming to me
Loosen it all up
Now lean toward me with your whole body
Hold your arms and see what happens
Keep your hand
Now really exaggerate
We’ll do your chin up
Try two hands on the page
That seems weird
Keep playing the hand
Now tilt your head that way
What am I asking you for
It’s in the screen
We use what people say for another dance
Do you have time?
I don’t even have a watch.
You don’t know you’ve got that
part you there and part back there
Work your head a little up and down
Your face looks more alive the camera
sees it
Pull the whole body up
Nice.
It looks like you just found it
Give me a look of surprise
Yep.
Think What did you say? Like
you didn’t hear what I said
I’m not sure what I found here
Face your body
that way Yes
Overact the camera
deadens everything
Stretch your face and
bring it back to me
OK man thank you
photo: © 2009 Jason Riker, Riker Productions
usually by hand
lots of prose
sometimes by others
I always try to make it thoughtful
the messier the better
I really just need one more word
possibility
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