The DRBU Arts Initiative presents Photographing Spirit, an exhibit and workshop by Stan Shoptaugh. In this series of black and white portraits, the photographer captures the spirit—the inner nature that comes through in uninhibited moments.

According to Shoptaugh, “I’m drawn to people, all kinds of people: men, women, old, young, all ethnicities, teachers, students. I want to understand people. Why are they who they are? How do they do what they do? Much of what they are and much of what they have to say is communicated through their faces. The camera is a tool to help me understand.”