Aaron Reichow, untitled

I thought this week’s theme would be simple, though it did raise some discussion as to what exactly constitutes a portrait. My belief is that a portrait is anything which somehow conveys a being or beings- even non-sentient ones; though sentience itself is a contestable construct (doesn’t our region’s Spirit Tree seem capable of feeling, and perception?). I will leave any thoughts more esoteric than that to you, and the comments section below.

While the month is too soon upon us, the word February derives from a Latin term meaning “to cleanse,” therefore next week’s theme will be “clean.” Send your unwatermarked, signature-less images by Wednesday at 11:59 p.m to tim @ perfectduluthday.com — 1000px at their largest dimension — along with title (if any), and URL of your website, Facebook page, Tumblr, Flickr stream, or Instagram.

Eric Ament, untitled

Tim White, untitled

Stacey Achterhoff, untitled

Kip Praslowicz, untitled

Frank Sander, “My Partner Patricia Canelake”

Frank Sander, “Farmer, Naxi Minority, Yunnan Province, China”

Frank Sander, “My Mother Lisa”

Brian Hart, untitled

Paul McIntyre, untitled

Paul Lundgren, “Pigface”

Brian Barber, “Yellowstone”

Guy Sander, untitled

Guy Sander, untitled

Erin Naughton-Garrison, untitled