Shame

Very powerful piece & very well done. Someone has already commented on the hand hiding the face (which is hiding itself) which gives the sense that the shame is self-inflicted.

I see similar portraits in nude or semi-nude, emphasizing the naked soul to the point of being cliche. But I like here, the everyday dress. It gives us the feel of an ordinary, decent, well-groomed human being who really doesn't have anything to be ashamed about, at least to the observer, unless it be something beneath the surface.

Even so, the photo expresses more of self-infliction rooted in needless fear.