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6 Aug

This latest book charts Alasdair McLellan’s optimistic portraits of

This latest book charts Alasdair McLellan’s optimistic portraits of
If he could pass on one piece of wisdom he’s accrued over greater than three many years of taking pictures, acclaimed photographer Alasdair McLellan would tell his teenage self: “Everyone seems to be just as insecure as you.” Having first picked up a camera aged 13, the primary intentional portrait he ever took may very well be a devastatingly tender embodiment of this sentiment. A teenage boy crouching in a field, half-hidden within the brilliantly green wheat, gazes back toward his friend behind the lens. His face is lit by sunlight and, in all likelihood, he’s touchingly oblivious to his own radiance. This poignant portrait is the primary picture in Home and Away [designed by M/M (Paris)], the brand new book...
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