Powerful Black and White Portraits

I’ve said it once, and I will say it again. Black and white photography is powerful and emotional. UK-based photographer Lee Jeffries proves this point with his spectacular shots. While he began his photography career taking pictures of sporting events, he soon found out that it wasn't his calling. “A chance encounter with a young homeless girl in the streets of London,” his website shares, “changed his artistic approach forever.” From that moment on, the homeless became the subject of Jeffries’ art. The models he enlists are not famous celebrities or sports icons, they're those he meets on the streets.

Each photo is a window to his heart and a visual reminder of the compassion he feels for the homeless.  

Lee Jeffries' website

Tags: Lee Jeffries, black and white photography, photo

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Comment by Kristine Relojo on April 23, 2011 at 12:12pm: A lovely bunch of photos. Stunning indeed. I hope i get to take photos like these someday

Comment by Amy Wong on April 22, 2011 at 6:37pm: Wow! These are stunning! Great post Alyssa!

Comment by sAm on April 22, 2011 at 2:46pm: These faces tell a million stories. Very inspiring work.

Comment by Philip Park Photography on April 22, 2011 at 1:13pm: These are so powerful..... great pictures!!

Comment by Ivelin on April 21, 2011 at 6:20pm: simple, inspiring and powerful