Creative/ Concept Portraits

Thought I would share a creative portrait I took of my father. He is an interesting human being if nothing else. To say the least. He has lived an extraordinary but not lavish life. He has seen the world, been many different types of people; an adopted son, a brother, a husband, a father, a trucker, a pool shark, a disabled man as of late. The symbolism of the chess board is to make the viewer think about how we move thinking about two to three moves in advance and how each move takes us to where we are now. The symbol for just the one piece being moved shows how it is only us that makes the life choices we make. I love the jar behind him that says unanswered prayers that adds something to image as well as the angel and the shadow of the angel above him.