Self-portrait: A portrait an artist makes using himself or herself as its subject, typically drawn or painted from a reflection in a mirror.
There are many
famous painted self portraits, but now that everyone has a digital camera, more and more photographic self portaits are popping up
everywhere. Whether you think of it as
vanity,
narcissism,
self-invovlment, or just art, it is hard to deny that there are a lot of
interesting and
well-composed shots out there. Sure, there are plenty of
arm-
length camera angles, but there is also work being done with
black and white images,
hands and
feet, and,
of course,
eyes.
Even photoshop is used
sometimes. People are still
speculating on what exactly all these pictures mean, but I think it is clear that from
totally innocent to
intensely personal to
NSFW, self portraits are here to stay.
posted by nuclear_soup
on Mar 20, 2006 -
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