Statement

The structure of a follicle identifies the subject's character and origin. When identifying a missing person, a hair has enough information to specify the individual. Similar to fingerprints, no two people can have the same hair.

Macro photographs of human hair reveal unique patterns, texture, and colors. The way people part their hair is very telling about their personality. Age can also be approximated by the amount of gray. Images of receding hairlines and bald-heads can be as distinctive as facial portraits. This selection presents the palette of hair as portraits - red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, black... .