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Portrait for the Independent Film Fest of Boston. Shot in the tiniest of office rooms in a film studio in East Boston. We were shooting six portraits quickly, so I made the lighting simple. One beauty dish with a diffuser, a white foam core panel for reflection, a black sheet and a 105mm portrait lens tethered to my laptop. All of these portraits were displayed before each of the films were premiered at the festival. It felt good having thousands of film goers see my work on the big screen back when the fest happened. Thanks to the great @jodivautrin for brining me in on this super fun project! #bostonphotographer #bostonusa #bostonphotography #bostonportrait #portrait_planet (at East Boston, Massachusetts) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-hRyIdg7FH/?igshid=jqp23ls5hmyu

Sometimes it just happens - artists, virtually untrained - produce works which shimmer with beauty. Laura Coombs Hills was one. She was already renowned for her landscapes and flower paintings, when, on a trip to England in 1890, Hills discovered portrait miniatures. Without an awareness of their history or technique, she invented her own - working in sweeping colors on an unusually large format. Her remarkable portraits resembled nothing that had been seen before, their artistry gaining her instant fame. Hills was the first miniaturist to be admitted to the Society of American Artists, and, in 1898, she was a founder of the American Society of Miniature Painters. The year before her death in 1952, Hills, a lifelong resident of Boston and Newburyport, gifted the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 15 miniatures - an invaluable testament to her glistening talent. ************************************* Laura Coombs Hills “The Red Flower” (Dorothy Bass Whitney) 1904, @mfaboston ************************************* #MuseumofFineArtsBoston #LauraCoombsHills #BostonPortrait #PortraitMiniature #PortraitMiniatures #MiniaturePortrait #MiniaturePortraits #elleshushan #AmericanPortraitMiniature #AmericanArt #HistoricArt @european.portrait.miniatures - with thanks! (at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxx5HXMnzPk/?igshid=1jq87e427mml5