I hate self portraits, but mainly just self portraits of me. I know I said this last week about the self portrait I did, and for some reason I still made more. The class seemed to think that it would be interesting for me to create more images of myself appearing alone in my house. I came up with the concept of self portraits that DO NOT include my face. I get very uncomfortable taking pictures of myself and my face shows it. So, I chose to make myself anonymous. Except for the fact that I am not really anonymous because I just admitted that these pictures are of me. Anyway, the front hallway in my house has this really cool staircase and really ugly pink wallpaper. I have always wanted to photograph it and thought that my anonymous self portraits would give me the perfect chance. The lighting kind of sucked, and I kept thinking that I looked like I was posing on the stairs (which I was) instead of walking up them. It was hard to try and get my position just right and hold it for the long exposure. I was hoping that my black jacket with the hood up might make me look creepy. My excuse for creepy pictures last week was Halloween. I guess I don't have an excuse this week.
This is my bathroom. A typical, ugly, long, skinny Worcester apartment bathroom. I was trying to make it look like I was brushing my teeth or something. I hope that came across. This was really hard to take because I kept standing in the wrong spots. Its hard to know when you are not behind the camera where exactly something is in the frame. It didn't dawn on me until just now that it might have been smart for me to put some sort of marker on the ground. This picture is not that creepy. It is just old looking. Actually, now that I am looking at it, it is kind of creepy. It looks like that moment in a scary movie when the killer is approaching their victim and everyone watching is saying "Turn around he (or she) is right there!". But they don't hear you through the screen and they don't notice the killer until it's TOO LATE. Anyway, these images were purely experimental. I am not sure if I am going to take this self portrait thing any further. I am kind of sick of it already... not a good sign.
I hate self portraits, but mainly just self portraits of me. I know I said this last week about the self portrait I did, and for some reason I still made more. The class seemed to think that it would be interesting for me to create more images of myself appearing alone in my house. I came up with the concept of self portraits that DO NOT include my face. I get very uncomfortable taking pictures of myself and my face shows it. So, I chose to make myself anonymous. Except for the fact that I am not really anonymous because I just admitted that these pictures are of me. Anyway, the front hallway in my house has this really cool staircase and really ugly pink wallpaper. I have always wanted to photograph it and thought that my anonymous self portraits would give me the perfect chance. The lighting kind of sucked, and I kept thinking that I looked like I was posing on the stairs (which I was) instead of walking up them. It was hard to try and get my position just right and hold it for the long exposure. I was hoping that my black jacket with the hood up might make me look creepy. My excuse for creepy pictures last week was Halloween. I guess I don't have an excuse this week.
This is my bathroom. A typical, ugly, long, skinny Worcester apartment bathroom. I was trying to make it look like I was brushing my teeth or something. I hope that came across. This was really hard to take because I kept standing in the wrong spots. Its hard to know when you are not behind the camera where exactly something is in the frame. It didn't dawn on me until just now that it might have been smart for me to put some sort of marker on the ground. This picture is not that creepy. It is just old looking. Actually, now that I am looking at it, it is kind of creepy. It looks like that moment in a scary movie when the killer is approaching their victim and everyone watching is saying "Turn around he (or she) is right there!". But they don't hear you through the screen and they don't notice the killer until it's TOO LATE. Anyway, these images were purely experimental. I am not sure if I am going to take this self portrait thing any further. I am kind of sick of it already... not a good sign.
2 comments:
Maybe you can draw some inspiration from Rebekka
http://www.rebekkagudleifs.com/index.php She does a good job on self-portraits. It's not always about face....ya' know?
P'taker
And where is that new hallway pic with the light playing down the hall towards the camera?
P'taker
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