Fritz Liedtke

Beauty is only skin deep. But ah! me; freckles go to the bone. ~Mark Twain

Fritz Liedtke is a Portland, Oregon based fine art photographer who has been creating as series of portraits of women with freckles called Astra Velum.

One day after playing outside, April's grandmother asked her to go wash up. She went to the bathroom and did so, but grandma wasn’t satisfied. “Your face isn’t clean! Go scrub it some more!” The young girl was distraught, for all that was left on her skin were her freckles, and no amount of scrubbing would make them go away.