my name's laura fewks and i'm a photographer in new york city.can get some people to smile through their masks for me. i approached people first, of course from six feet away, and i had my mask on so of course i have to kind of get their attention. and i ask them if, you know, if they don't mind if i take their picture and i explain that i'm doing a photo series of peoples smiling but with their masks on. so if they can stay where they are and allow me to capture their smile. and it's been really heart—warming to be able to let people know, you know, i can still see your smile, it's all in your eyes or your cheekbones. i think that so much of the smile is captured in someone's eyes and that's where you really connect. through this series, i've wanted to communicate this overall strength of all people of all different backgrounds and ages and essential workers, non—essential workers, and to just show that people are remaining positive through this very difficult time. i will say i get rejected quite often when i go out taking these pictures, which

my name's laura fewks and i'm a photographer in new york city.t some people to smile through their masks for me. i approached people first, of course from six feet away, and i had my mask on so of course i have to kind of get their attention. and i ask them if, you know, if they don't mind if i take their picture and i explain that i'm doing a photo series of peoples smiling but with their masks on. so if they can stay where they are and allow me to capture their smile. and it's been a really heart—warming to be able to let people know, you know, i can still see your smile, it's all in your eyes or your cheekbones. i think that so much of the smile is captured in someone's eyes and that's where you really connect. through this series i've wanted to communicate this overall strength of all people of all different backgrounds and ages and essential workers, non—essential workers, and to just show that people are remaining positive through this very difficult time. i will say i get rejected quite often when i go out taking these pictures, which i —

in her new photo—series called "mask smile", photographer laura fewks aims to show that much of a smileing a smile from a strangerfrom behind a mask. my my name is laura fuchs and i'm a photographer in new york city. i approached people first, of course from six feet away, and i had my mask on so of course i have to kind of get their attention. and i ask them if, you know, if they don't mind if i take their picture and i explain that i'm doing a photo series of peoples smiling but with their masks on. so if they can stay where they are and allow me to capture their smile. and it's been a really heart—warming to be able to let people know, you know, i can still see your smile, it's all in your eyes or your cheekbones. i think that so much of the smile is captured in someone's eyes and that's where you really connect. through this series i've wanted to communicate this overall strength of all people of all different backgrounds and ages and essential workers, non—essential workers, and to just show that people are remaining positive through this very difficult time. i will say i get rejec