Close's fixation with portraits stems from his struggles with prosopagnosia or "face blindness". it prevents
him from recognising faces but as he says when he paints these faces it helps him to remember the faces
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Most of his early works are very large portraits based on photographs (Photorealism or Hyperrealism technique).
New York City.
His Father's name is Leslie Durward Close and his mother's name is Mildred Wagner Close.
His style of painting is hyper-realism and photo-realism
Because of his friend Bob Holman