Photo of the Day

I absolutely love looking at people to see what I can discern from their attire, facial expressions, facial features, demeanor, etc.  If we are cognizant, we can actual glean a lot of information about a person before a word is ever spoken, and this information is usually quite reliable.

This man is fascinating.  He is in a photo taken by a stranger and he doesn’t crack a smile.  The photographer wrote that he saw the man sitting outside a bar in the U.K. and just asked if he could take his picture and the guy said yes, and then afterwards, the man in the photo bought the photographer a drink.

He shows a serious side by his expression, and yet his attire is anything but serious, if you ask me.  It is very flamboyant–almost over-the-top, if you will.  His attire makes a bold statement that this man is willing to push the envelope, he is willing to step outside of societies expectations, and that combined with the flamboyancy of his clothing, we can speculate he is a man who likes attention.  We can further support that by the fact he let the guy take his photo and then bought him a drink.  He wanted to talk to a man who was interested in him!

His posture, jewelry and attire also suggest a bit of self-admiration. This man could be slightly arrogant, and perhaps insecure. He likes to portray a serious face that is somewhat foreboding:  “Don’t mess with me”  Yet he gives mixed messages with his clothing.  His attire tells me he’d crack a laugh without too much effort, and probably is quite the jokester.

I call what I have done here facial profiling. Science is researching this and finding that people do thin-slicing quite well and accurately.  Read more here.