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"I think people change their faces too fast in the real world. Sometimes there is no way of knowing their true feelings. But I just wanna know more about what’s going on inside of them and their body language tells me that. Besides, I am a really shy person, so it’s hard for me to focus on someone’s face."
The resulting pictures are quiet and lonely, evoking the hazy dreams of youth. Beautiful stuff. See more of her work at her online portfolio or Flickr.
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