Elizabeth Futral & Christopher Gaze

Evelyn Hart

Without deprecating other professions I feel lucky that for most of my life I have been a portrait photographer. In my philosophic beliefs I follow Platonism. I believe that when I have eye contact with my subjects through my camera (always at eye level) I get a glimpse into their soul. This soul is unique to every individual. It is perfect in its uniqueness.

I am going to cite three persons I photographed who may not have given me a look into their soul because they were extremely good actors.

American coloratura soprano Elizabeth Futral was playing Lucía de Lammermoor. For me she gave me Lammermoor’s insane look.

Christopher Gaze was in the role of Richard III when he clutched his sword and stared at me.

When I had the luck to watch Evelyn Hart dance In Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet there is a scene where she slowly walks to take the special potion that will make her look dead. She gets to it and then has doubts. She slowly goes back on her toes, ever so gently that I almost cried.

It is for this reason that I am glad I never became a plumber.