Passerby • Project Statement

2014-present

The passerby project started on June 4, 2014. June 4 is my birthday and I wanted to do something for others. I opened my studio doors with the intention to make portraits of strangers passing by my studio. These were all created on an 8x10 camera direct to silver gelatin paper. Usually it was 1 click and about 2 minutes per stranger. These were offered free to the participants.

This project is ongoing and evolving into a cultural study.

Parker J Pfister Fine Art Black and White Passerby Portrait of a black woman pulling the edge of her shirt down.
Parker J Pfister Fine Art Black and White Passerby Portrait of a young white man wearing a jacket and boxing gloves.
Parker J Pfister Fine Art Black and White Passerby Portrait of a white woman with braided hair and a floral dress.
Parker J Pfister Fine Art Black and White Passerby Portrait of a black woman with braided hair and a crop top.
Parker J Pfister Fine Art Black and White Passerby Portrait of a black man holding a guitar over his shoulder.
Parker J Pfister Fine Art Black and White Passerby Portrait of a white woman wearing a beanie and button down shirt.
Parker J Pfister Fine Art Black and White Passerby Portrait of a white woman with a large pendant necklace and tanktop.
Parker J Pfister Fine Art Black and White Passerby Portrait of a man wearing a vest and holding deer antlers behind his head.
Parker J Pfister Fine Art Black and White Passerby Portrait of a black man wearing a straight rimmed ball cap and black polo shirt.
Parker J Pfister Fine Art Black and White Passerby Portrait of a white woman with short bands wearing a black dress with her hands behind her back.
Parker J Pfister Fine Art Black and White Passerby Portrait of a white man with freckles wearing a button down casual shirt.
Parker J Pfister Fine Art Black and White Passerby Portrait of a young white woman wearing a tank top and shorts.
Parker J Pfister Fine Art Black and White Passerby Portrait of a young white man crossing his arms.
Parker J Pfister Fine Art Black and White Passerby Portrait of a young white man shirtless looking at the camera.
Parker J Pfister Fine Art Black and White Passerby Portrait of a white woman with a flowy white lace top.
Parker J Pfister Fine Art Black and White Passerby Portrait of a woman with glasses, short hair, and her purse hung around her neck.
Parker J Pfister Fine Art Black and White Passerby Portrait of a white woman with a shawl over her head and a hand on her hip.
Parker J Pfister Fine Art Black and White Passerby Portrait of a white man wearing a vest and an hold brimmed hat sideways.
Parker J Pfister Fine Art Black and White Passerby Portrait of a young white man smiling at the camera.
Parker J Pfister Fine Art Black and White Passerby Portrait of a white woman with a 50s hair style and accompanying style dress.
Parker J Pfister Fine Art Black and White Passerby Portrait of a woman with a nose piercing and tattoos wearing a black tank top.
Parker J Pfister Fine Art Black and White Passerby Portrait of a black woman with small pig tails and an off the shoulder black top.
Parker J Pfister Fine Art Black and White Passerby Portrait of a white woman with blonde hair wearing a crop top.
Parker J Pfister Fine Art Black and White Passerby Portrait of a white man wearing a polo.
Parker J Pfister Fine Art Black and White Passerby Portrait of a woman with long brown hair with tattoos on her arms and wearing a tube top dress.
Parker J Pfister Fine Art Black and White Passerby Portrait of a man without a shirt on holding his hands together in front of him.
Parker J Pfister Fine Art Black and White Passerby Portrait of a white woman with short blond hair looking at the camera.
Parker J Pfister Fine Art Black and White Passerby Portrait of two young white people holding arms and looking relaxed.
Parker J Pfister Fine Art Black and White Passerby Portrait of a young boy and older woman standing next to each other.
Parker J Pfister Fine Art Black and White Passerby Portrait of an older man with aged skin wearing a small vest.
Parker J Pfister Fine Art Black and White Passerby Portrait of a black woman with short hair and earrings looking away from the camera.
Parker J Pfister Fine Art Black and White Passerby Portrait of a woman with bangs and a bob hair style looking straight at the camera.
Parker J Pfister Fine Art Black and White Passerby Portrait of a man with tattoos covering his chest and arms who is putting his fingers in his mouth.
Parker J Pfister Fine Art Black and White Passerby Portrait of a man with a goatee and fluffy dark hair looking intently at the camera.
Parker J Pfister Fine Art Black and White Passerby Portrait of a white man looking down and away from the camera.
Parker J Pfister Fine Art Black and White Passerby Portrait of a young white man with glasses and a plaid casual button down shirt.
Parker J Pfister Fine Art Black and White Passerby Portrait of a man leaning forward and looking away.
Parker J Pfister Fine Art Black and White Passerby Portrait of a man wearing a white fur vest.
Parker J Pfister Fine Art Black and White Passerby Portrait of a young man wearing glasses with curly dark hair looking away from the camera.
Parker J Pfister Fine Art Black and White Passerby Portrait of an older man with a short white beard holding a paper bag.
Parker J Pfister Fine Art Black and White Passerby Portrait of a white woman with bangs and blonde hair.
Parker J Pfister Fine Art Black and White Passerby Portrait of a white woman wearing lightening bold earrings and holding a sucker between her teeth.
Parker J Pfister Fine Art Black and White Passerby Portrait of a white man with a mustache holding a life size wooden mannequin form.
Parker J Pfister Fine Art Black and White Passerby Portrait of an older black man sitting and holding a cane.
Parker J Pfister Fine Art Black and White Passerby Portrait of a white man wearing sunglasses with a tattoo of wings and a skull on his chest.
Parker J Pfister Fine Art Black and White Passerby Portrait of a black man wearing glasses and looking away from the camera.
Parker J Pfister Fine Art Black and White Passerby Portrait of a white man with a beard, wearing a patterned button down shirt and vest.
Parker J Pfister Fine Art Black and White Passerby Portrait of a young woman with long dark hair with a huge smile and her eyes closed.
Parker J Pfister Fine Art Black and White Passerby Portrait of a black woman with a sleeve tattoo smiling kindly at the camera.
Parker J Pfister Fine Art Black and White Passerby Portrait of a black man with glasses and an afro looking at the camera with a straight face.
Parker J Pfister Fine Art Black and White Passerby Portrait of a white man with a cowboy hat and cowboy style shirt on.