There is a really great photojournalist by the name of Steve McCurry. He became famous years ago for a picture of an Afghan girl with green eyes that appeared on the cover of National Geographic. Perhaps the most recognizable cover ever for the magazine. The picture was a simple portrait in a lot of ways, but seeing the uncovered face of this young girl and her piercing eyes--the story took on a much more wide appeal and reach many people because of the engaging stare. This picture above has many similar qualities as that photo - a hooded young girl with big engaging eyes, but this was taken in a studio during a model portfolio/actors headshot shoot and the purpose isn't to gain a deeper understanding of life, but its an homage just the same to the pictorial devices we have learned from shots like McCurry's. Photograph by Richard Sayer