‘The Man I Am, the Man I’m Not, the Man I Want To Be’
By JAKE NAUGHTON
"At first, our choices are easy: whether to sit or stand, run stutter-step through the afternoon light or rest sweetly in our mother’s lap. As we age, we enter the twilight of limitless possibility. Despite our best intentions, we accept that there are fewer possible selves.
"But what unforeseen joy or hardship might have been? What future remains? These are the questions David Hilliard wrestles with in his newest book, “What Could Be,” a compendium of emotionally charged and verdant compositions.
“The photographs are visual possibilities of what could be, what might have been, what I’d like to be,” Mr. Hilliard said.
See 14 images on the NY Times blog "Lens," which covers photography, video and visual journalism:
