there is probably not a photographer alive who has not taken a stab at self portraiture…Cindy Sherman and Arno Minkkinen aside, most of us have at least “played” at taking our own photograph…
with our community here growing stronger by the day, i think it would just be fun to see what everyone “looks like”..some of us were able to put a “face with a name” at Look3…but not all of you could be there…and some of you have assignments right now, but not all of you…so, why not “kill two birds with one stone” and have everyone take a self portrait this week?? this way we “see” each other and this also becomes an egalitarian “assignment” for all…..
ok, to give you some incentive , i will give three “prizes” for the three “best” self portraits…
(1) signed open edition archival print (8×10) from me
(2) signed Cuba book
(3) signed used camera bag (the prize you really want!!)
self portraits must be made this week….you must post HERE and only here by midnight sunday june 22nd, New York time…please post ONE picture only…..i will only look at links with one picture and posted as a comment here..
so step away from your keyboard…take out your cellphone or your 8×10 and shoot a picture in your bathroom mirror or on the edge of the Grand Canyon or whatever…i will enlist one or two of my colleagues to help judge this little “for fun only contest”….
have you ever taken self portraiture seriously or is it something you have just done as “play” ???
Lassal.. you asked about Tajra’s name. in English it sounds like “TIE-RAH”
DONT FORGET ERICA’S MAGNIFICENT SELF-PORTRAIT/HOMMAGE TO ALL THINGS FILM! :)))))
cheers
bob
P.S. MY PICS SHOULD NOT BE PART OF THE COMPETITION :))))…..
Sound good?
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Cool with me, I was unable to participate, being away.
Some real cool stuff. Love the last one, Nick Yoon, and many others, save I forgot the names… Nick being last on the slideshow so far.
The Dah :-) blogettes are, IMO, real babes!!! It needed to be said, and I might as well be the one saying it, and getting damned for it…
The gallery is awesome. Not that clicking on link after link isn’t fun too, but…
And there are so many great shots! I love most of them, but I’m really getting a kick out of Les’!
Yeah.. it’s nice to see all of us together on photographs! :-)
It was really nice idea!
Great song for David’s “Family” project:
I really like the song!
DAH & DAVID MCG–
Oops. I soooo screwed up. Been running since LOOK3 and was only able to glance at your post between flights. Have been playing with self portraits for a month trying to figure out how “to keep it loose” as you said DAH. Somehow the pic Dave McG selected is not the pic that was intended for this — it was the pic of what I look like — since some people were wanting to know what we looked like as well. Egad. But in all fairness, the self portrait I had intended was the BKK portrait, but not shot last week. I didn’t realize that was criteria. Oh well, but I have posted the beginnings of a self portrait series. It’s a start only. Everyone’s fun self portraits have shown me the way so I plan to shoot and post more. Feedback welcome. :)
Peace.
Aga–
Great picture. Was sorry to hear about your poochie, but I feel your pain. Had to make the same decision for my lovely — Miss Lolita of the Valley, my companion for 17 years. Great homage to post that pic here. My vote goes for you. Lolita sometimes comes round in my dreams to visit, maybe yours will too.
Peace.
I don’t know why, but I loose my nerves everytime when I try to take self-portraits…I mean when I have to work alone and don’t have someone assisting me. Focusing difficulties, composing difficulties, running back and forth between camera and the place where I should be in the picture, using tripod etc…wow, now when I think of it, only this thinking about taking self-portraits makes me a little bit mad! :) I would like to know why…
Petri… you just have to have fun with it!
Linda… thank you…
it helps me a lot to talk about it and you all here helped me a lot, too…
Petri… who said you have to put camera away from you? Have fun as Spencer said, it doesn’t have to be perfekt!
this morning
http://www.bernardogimenez.com/self.jpg
Tajra. What a beautiful name, Aga …
Thank you for letting me know.
And there is something about what Linda said…
Vasco – our old family-dog – keeps visiting us too. Sometimes in situations where it is hard to think of coincidence. But … well … I guess he is just an eternal part of the family. As Tajra for you.
Petri, I saw someone with a detachable live-view monitor to his camera. If you have a digital, it could be quite fun to use something like that in addition to a Fernauslöser… ähm … remote-control-shutter??
Or just put a mirror in front of you below the camera. Or… use more cameras at the same time in very different positions, maybe taking a picture of you at the very same time. ;)))
Just play!!! Actualy its really fun. More fun than my picture suggests ;)
Aga– I took about a year off sans poochie. People would ask when I was going to get another dog, but I just couldn’t even think about it. But a few months ago I started getting glimpses of this white dog with a lot of personality. It was bizarre, but cool. One day my neighbor and I decided to go to the local animal shelter. We just felt the need to goooooo, right then. Needless to say, Charlie was enroute to be dropped off as we headed there. He was a matted mess, completely neglected, skinny, smelled like a dead animal. When I saw him looking like a dirty mop in the cage he had just arrived and there was no paperwork showing he was available for adoption so I figured he was lost, and waiting to be picked up. But I couldn’t take my eyes off him. He lifted his paw, tilted his head and we both just knew. :) There can be a light at the end of this loss. Here’s Charlie Bucket. I added “Bucket” because I figured he and I were the winners of the golden ticket since we found each other — like the Willie Wonka movie. Keep an eye out in your dreams, your dog will visit. :)
http://lindatheworldpeacephotographer.blogspot.com/
Peace.
MARCIN
I keep forgetting (every time I sit at the computer, and remember every time I’m not) to THANK YOU for posting your paintings. I enjoyed seeing them AND your drawn self portrait very much.
Anna B.
I’m sure I’m not alone in hoping all is well with DAH. I expect he is terribly busy trying to complete his NYC photo commission before he takes off in July for his cross-country American Families project. Not to mention all the other things that must be done too. It’s just that when he’s not posting it’s like a big hole is left behind. I say this not to put any pressure but merely to say I’m sending him all kinds of good pre-journey energy.
Patricia
patricia – ”when he’s not posting it’s like a big hole is left behind”
think you are right.
to carry on lindas willy wonka theme
‘..so shines a good deed in a weary world..’
@panos skoulidas
Yeah I can see that. Those bottom two frames are kinda differently styled.
Thanks for the insight.
21/06/2008:
http://www.desiantart.it/imgs/IMG_6103_1024px.JPG
bye
Giampiero
Okay, since we’re all good sports and want more, more more!!!! I’ve added a few portraits that came trickling in. Not that I have ultimate power (or do I, hmmmm) but I think as far as the contest goes we have a pretty honest group here, and if you don’t qualify, please pass the prize on to someone else. Plus we don’t know when David is going to check back in, so we might as well see a few fresh faces.
With that in mind, I’ve added Bernardo Gimenez, Chris Hinkle, Giampiero, Kira, Mike Berube, Ozzy Al, Sidney Atkins (who looked exactly as I expected!!), Herve Blandin, and Pierre Yves.
Nasha, send me your portrait!
http://www.humanfiles.com/dah_selfportraits/
david@humanfiles.com
to david :
thanks !
440+340 and more item to be readed!
But i’m going to read it.
First it’s due to show up also if it’s late for the contest so here you are -self-portrait- very different stile (gemini self view), the first one was first for the contest but may be just to see something more than shadow or spirit…
http://picasaweb.google.it/lauranutella/SelfPortraitOrNot
Taken today, sunday morning just wake up… trying to access the emerging photograper presentation (without succeed!!!)
Now I go back to have a look at the Magnum party pic..
… of course the last one is my favourite
Ok, David, thanks for adding, but I can do better than this pallid Friedlander imitation, for self-portrait! :-)))
Unless they must still belong to the one week period David threw the project on, I will e-mail you one taken a just a few hours off. Not for the contest, just for evryone to see what I am looking like.
Dear all,
Whew! Holed up in a 3rd floor room, looking out at a warehouse scene with truckers, male truckers, in my sights. Man. Or should I say Men? They are everywhere. I have fallen for each and every one of them. Who was it said something along the lines that in a week I’m saying ….I’ve fallin’ for the subject.
No idea where you guys are in this gargantuan stream of talking. Went to the bottom of the first and started typing.
Guess what? There is a fourth bachelor…
This one I did not date; he was my neighbor and one of my best friends, gang all go to the bar or the woods guy. He is and was best friends with the first bachelor.
I am compelled to continue down this line of old bachelors, all of them loved by me in one kine relationship or another. What the…? My five year old grandson says that all the time, making people hold their breath until it is obvious he isn’t going to complete the question.
Each bachelor is introduced by this gentle prodding at the perfect moment when contact is guaranteed.
They all have grey hair, beards and all bachelors and 53 years old, except for the pistol toting one who is older than me by 10 months.
Spending this day quiet and holed up with Tom Petty’s “Highway Companion”, pulling the four boys together. There are also pictures of me with all of them by them. What did you say DAH about working on that personal barbie doll stuff in this summer’s road trip home?
And even in the telling of the events of these past weeks I know that the final outcome in this series has yet to be glimpsed.
My sister visited me–another historical moment in my life. Tomorrow I visit my mom’s best school friend and cousin. She is 76 and has invited me to coffee in the early morning. This is the woman I met last visit to Arkansas (9/11 time) who shared stories about my parent’s early relationship (school days and courtship and dad’s dalliances once married). Are there any among the human race that doesn’t have same and similar stories?
Whew! So glad all I have to do today is look at truckers through my long lens.
Lee
But I now know fairly well where I will live after this trip.
Seeing that Lee made a comment yesterday, I decided to come to this site again. I have a self-portrait that I took in February that I had some positive response from. Maybe because it is a little “edgy.”
If anyone has time to compare this to my entry for the contest, I would appreciate comments to which you think works better. I am trying to be aware more of the “feelngs” and “mood” involved in the images. Thanks in advance for any advice. The flick’r site is different because I forgot how to get back into the first one. I need to develop a website if I’m going to be serious about this.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28163560@N02/2628166413/