The power that the first impression can have through the way we see the world is simply incalculable. Whatever situation you’re in and your intention when you meet new people, the simple expression that’s the first time you’ve seen them can change or change. a rather different parameter to reality. Of course, in the world of photography, this could not be different, since portraiture is precisely the eternal capture of a particular moment.
This concept itself seems so obvious that it often escapes our compression and the first impression is lost, but was this precisely the breaking of this trend?Which ultimately motivated photographer Jay Weinstein to create a project that is already underway for the third year of existence. the term that bears the name of the original name “So I asked to smile. “Something that, with literal translation, means? So I asked you to smile.
- Jay walked with his digital camera through the streets of Bikaner.
- India.
- Looking like he always used to model for his photographs and when he was interested in a particular person he was discouraged by the closed expression of the model?Selected.
- In the crowd.
- However.
- Taking pictures of others around you.
- Which one have you discouraged?because of the expression he said first.
- “Take a picture of me too.
- “.
As he smiled at the photo, Jay noticed a completely different expression from the previous one and was simply tempted to be able to capture this kind of transition of sensations in other Indians, so the project was born which, today, also extends to others. parts of the world such as Australia and Nepal.
The description of the photographer responsible for the work that does not include any type of manipulation of lights or effects of highly worked lenses is quite objective when expressing on the official website of the project the great objective of this artistic company:
What is a smile but the movement of facial muscles that push the lips upwards?This simple act, even forced, changes the whole face and changes the way a person is seen. It’s universal and transcends religion, ethnicity, class, gender, and so I asked you to smile?was designed to clearly document this transformation, unpretentiously.
Jay even encourages fans of this initiative to take the so-called selfies themselves so that by analyzing their own faces they can perceive this difference in the transmission of energy and impressions that cause the inclusion or exclusion of the smile in an image.