Some photos, despite any attempt to make the viewer smile, do precisely that.
Friday, September 30, 2011
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Caught in the Web
A couple of years ago, I started a 365-day project that didn't go much beyond a week or so. My goal was to shoot 365 self-portraits in reflective surfaces. I stopped because I stayed home a bit too much. I quickly ran out of reflective surfaces in the apartment (interesting ones, that is), so I gave it up.
But seeing photos like this one make me want to start it up again.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Retards
Sometimes, while going through the Self-Portrait With Camera pool, a photo just screams to be chosen for this blog.
As I have had loads of fun with my own convex mirror, I think I have a special affinity for reflective self-portaits in which one is used. Perhaps it's the distortion... the caricatured portrait such a mirror creates; perhaps it's that so much of the surroundings are included as well.
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Self Portrait with Camera
After being out of town for almost a month and—once back—taking another week to re-settle in at home, I'm finally getting around to updating this blog.
I was expecting to sift through older posts in the Self-Portrait With Camera pool, but this was amongst today's photos awaiting approval for the pool and I couldn't resist.
There is something very Rockwellian about this that I love, from the colours to the composition including the backpack, unmade bed and (what I presume to be) freshly-removed sneakers, to the blank look on the woman's face, to the multitude of rectangles within the rectangle-image.
Gorgeous.
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