Facing a mirror naked reveals what Albert Sangiamo devoted the 1970s to. His interest in portraits, nude from above the waist, began when he started his lengthy career at Maryland Institute College of Art, said Sangiamo, whose friends call him Abby.

“At first, I just did faces. That?s when I noticed, unlike most art books? claims, no face is symmetrical. That got me wondering: Are bodies asymmetrical too?”