Shizuka Yokomizo is a photographer from Japan that concentrates her work on the experience and reactions between photographer and subject. While looking at her work at first, I saw that the photos are very plain and almost "mug shot" feeling because of the plain pose of her subjects, but as I looked more into her work, I learned that she was going for this very direct connection. From 1998 to 2000, she worked on a series called Stranger where she anonymously left a letter for people telling them that she would be back by their house at a certain point to photograph them through the window. She did explain that this was all voluntary and that you could signal your pass on the efforts through closing your curtains. It is an interesting series of photos because it shows what people wear and are doing at that exact moment in time. It makes the viewer fell as if they should maybe not be peeking at these people through the window like the artist forces us to do. I also like how the artist uses the window pane and frame to frame the photo. The high contrast of the window frame gives a great contrast, forcing you to look inside at the figure, rather than at the actual window.
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