Portrait Photography for Northeastern University's School of Journalism

Phone pic of Jason Pechenski standing next to his large format portrait at South Station in Boston, MA

South Station, in Boston, MA, experiences an average of 60,000 commuters, 10,000 Amtrakers and an untold number of diners every week day.  These photos, as an extension of Brian Tucker Bresnahan’s public art project “Heads Up!” are meant to inspire a heads up attitude in which “strangers” are made comfortable with looking directly into each other’s eyes, becoming familiar with one another and to, hopefully, develop a more intimate connection with the wider community.  The photos are meant not to be glossy, to conceal certain elements of each subject’s face or to present a likeness other than one’s own true identity (without special effects, cosmetic rendering, etc).  In so doing, this project hopes to shift mainstream ideology away from some of the more shallow expectations of commercial culture, especially in regard to how people “should” look and feel, toward a more honest and meaningful understanding of who we are as a whole.  This will, in effect, improve one’s self-confidence (since one will longer hold him/herself accountable to a false pretense of appearance) while freeing one’s energy toward healthier pursuits of body, mind and soul.

Kristen Mills posing next to her large format portrait installed at South Station in Boston, MA.

Screen shot from Done Right's Official website: http://www.donerightservices.com/bios/

Public Art Grant: “Heads Up!” To inspire a heads-up approach to a community minded experience for residents, business owners, employees and guests of Boston’s Fort Point Neighborhood.

Public Art Grant: “Heads Up!” To inspire a heads-up approach to a community minded experience for residents, business owners, employees and guests of Boston’s Fort Point Neighborhood.

Public Art Grant: “Heads Up!” To inspire a heads-up approach to a community minded experience for residents, business owners, employees and guests of Boston’s Fort Point Neighborhood.

Public Art Grant: “Heads Up!” To inspire a heads-up approach to a community minded experience for residents, business owners, employees and guests of Boston’s Fort Point Neighborhood.

Public Art Grant: “Heads Up!” To inspire a heads-up approach to a community minded experience for residents, business owners, employees and guests of Boston’s Fort Point Neighborhood.

Public Art Grant: “Heads Up!” To inspire a heads-up approach to a community minded experience for residents, business owners, employees and guests of Boston’s Fort Point Neighborhood.

Public Art Grant: “Heads Up!” To inspire a heads-up approach to a community minded experience for residents, business owners, employees and guests of Boston’s Fort Point Neighborhood.

Public Art Grant: “Heads Up!” To inspire a heads-up approach to a community minded experience for residents, business owners, employees and guests of Boston’s Fort Point Neighborhood.