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Urban Experiment of the Day: Can 1,000 Portraits Prove Everyone Is Photogenic?
A photographer from Philly wants to put your face on a billboard.
Everyone can look good on camera. That’s the point Philadelphia photographer JJ Tiziou is trying to prove in his new project "everyone is photogenic."
Tiziou, who's already taken over a million portraits, is planning to photograph 1,000 Philadelphians in 10 sessions -- that's 100 people per session. A recent test run at Tiziou’s studio drew in around 80 people. Each portrait was photographed in the same setting with the same lighting, and participants received a free download of their photo. Food was included intentionally, as Tiziou hopes these photo sessions will also help build connections through the community.