Growing Up, An Ongoing Portrait Series

San Francisco, California, 2003 – Present

Exhibited at FCB SF October 4–28 2007

“Growing Up” is an ongoing portrait series that began in 2003 and continues through today. Inspired by his own regularly-occurring family portraits while growing up, Heinser photographs the same people individually over time, beginning with childhood. Simple styling with black or white shirting and a grey background ensure the portraits are about the person he is photographing and their sincere expression of life at that moment. He arranges compositions of torso and space that are graphically beautiful, reflecting the quiet repose signature to his work.