“I make photographs to see how things look like” said Garry Winogrand, and I wonder whether this might be also the aim of self-portrait photography, as if we wanted to see how we “really” look like; we stop trusting the reflected image, - because there is no way we could objectively judge anything that is happening at the same time that is being analysed- but neither any representation of ourselves through photographs taken by “the other”.
There are so many variations of self portraits I couldnt list them all. The basic ones tend to be posed or mirrored but even them are varied from on extreme to another, especially when photoshop comes into the equation.
I haved decided to have a little play around with photoshop whilst doing my self portraits, I will them continue to explore a more hands on approach with the manual settings of my camera.
Along the way I have come across a few images that stood out for me......one of them being the russian photographer Lena Aliper. Her portraits were a project. 20 days of silence although each day she captured an image of herself conveying the mood she was in.
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| http://lenaaliper.net/20days.html |
I like this method as the self portrait then has a meaning and a story to tell behind it....I may have to use this idea for mine.
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