Pockets and Purses Give Up Their Secrets

Since you can’t judge a book by its cover, Francois Robert asks his portrait subjects to empty the contents of what they’re carrying, Candice Chan reports.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/15/showcase-136/

Francois Robert was 13 when his mother caught him searching her friend’s purse for pocket money. She had never been one to scold. Instead, she gave him a more introspective way to consider what he was doing:

“A woman’s purse is more private than her naked body.”