BEAUTY

Dorothy Parker once stated, "Beauty is skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone." Photography readily recognizes the beauty in a gorgeous young model's face. But that is certainly beauty that is only skin deep. There is another beauty that is far more interesting. That is beauty born of character. The deep lines etched in an old fisherman's face convey a different beauty, one which, like Miss Parker's UGLY, goes clean to the bone. Famed photographer Richard Avedon once remarked that he found little of interest in young people's features. Life had not yet had time to etch itself into their faces. A great self assignment is to search out people whose character and life experience have been graven into their faces. Photographs of these people will convey a beauty that runs far deeper than a pretty face. Larry Elkins - ELKINSPHOTOS FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY