Finding a genuine response: convey emotion with gestures, body language and expressions.(photocritique)

Skilled photographers are consistently able to find spontaneous human responses that convey emotion and human values. They find energetic gestures that symbolize meaning and capture body language that may tell us what people are really like. They find expressions that create a mood.

Freelance photojournalist Jim Summaria of Algonquin, Illinois, has been doing just that for organizational publications over the past 20 years. Capturing genuine human responses are Summaria's bread and butter.

To communicate an idea, responses must be genuine--never posed or faked. Sadly, many organizations still routinely employ commercial photographers who use the language of …