Bethany Edwards’s The Eye of the Beholder is both formal and relaxed. It’s formal in the staged positioning of the two subjects, the way that (it appears) they aren’t interacting with one another, and that one of them is interacting with the camera. But it’s relaxed in the apparent comfort the subjects have with the photographer. They’re told to stand still, but you can see the wheels turning in their heads, their personalities coming through.
The Eye of the Beholder is part of“The Beautiful People,” a Wábi Gallery show at Known at 139 Orange St., running now through Sept. 30. The show exhibits photographs from this year’s FOCUS Fellowshipparticipants: Marcus Burson, Bethany Edwards, Alexandra Guzman, Tywain Harris, Jameelah Irshad, Haiven Montgomery, Soleil Nelson Mack, Yetunde Olowosoyo, Luca Jaden Rivera, Abril Rosario, Eric Sledge Jr., and Wes Oske Weston.
