Environmental portrait in Black & White

In an environmental portrait, the location illuminates the subject's personality and illustrates a place where he spends much of his time.  I recently photographed James Hickey, artist, sculptor, and hairstylist through the window of his Hertel Avenue salon.  Hickey's own painting on the back wall, the open blade of his casually cocked razor, and the bokeh from the evening street lights all inform this image of a highly creative, edgy and intense human.