concept-driven,
playful, somewhat mysterious,
often literary.
the artist's portrait,
informal and yet pensive,
often black-and-white.
Looking back, the sheer sameness, the simple paradigm, the artifice meant to signal sincerity, well, it's all so much easier to see with a bit of perspective. Time the Leveler. The struggle to represent a vision, to play it cool without seeming to try too hard, and to have a bit of fun as well . . . .