Portraits of People Next to Things They Are Proud Of...

The previous post featured photographs of people standing next to fake cakes that they were particularly proud of. I've been thinking a lot about this tradition in portraiture and have accumulated some images below of people and their objects (though some were once living therefore "object" is a slight misnomer).


Robert Cumming, Eight Year Old Girl + Six Month Old Weed, 1974


Jeongmee Yoon, Ethan and His Blue Things, 2006


O. Winston Link, Self-Portrait


Graciela Iturbide, Na'Marcelina, 1984


Philip Kwame Apagya


Roger Ballen, Plumber's Assistant, 1998


Bill Owens, Rock Collectors


Daniela Rossell from Ricos Y Famosas


Malick Sidibe, Tue une hyene, 1986


Aaron Ruell


Taxidermy School


Alec Soth, Bonnie with Angel


Joel Sternfeld, A Blind Man in His Garden, 1984