self portrait.....

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 (8x10) 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 8x10 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" ???

Comments

[Subhrajit Basu]

here it goes...

http://picasaweb.google.com/subhrajitbasu/SelfPortrait/photo#5214615141436458002

my self portrait for the contest

[david]

more fun than church on a sunday.. so why not?
http://www.bophoto.co.uk/frontphotos/fortheloveof.htm

[Patricia Lay-Dorsey]

David, you have made my sleepless night more than worth it. To see and read your self revelation as the dawn is slowly coloring the night sky is one of life's jewels of a moment. Both your words and image will stay with me for life. Thank you for being willing to bare your skin & heart.

Patricia.

[Patricia Lay-Dorsey]

There's one more of these AMAZING self portraits that has set up housekeeping in my heart and I suspect will stay forever. It is Alex Reshuan's portrait of himself holding his baby. To me this is an iconic image. Bravo, Alex!

[david]

:o)
very kind patricia.. i kind of didn't want to get dressed again..

sleep easy..
x

[Gerhard]

Happy to join in! Without any further ado:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27876408@N08/2600296794/

To bobblack and guido in reference to your exchange on June 19, so so sorry . . . but as of today I see Germany in the final and I'm not even a soccer aficionado . . .

[maciej]

Hi everyone!
Nice to see your faces :)
Down with anonymity!!
This is me "in private"..

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/2930/19062008003copycopyhl9.jpg

[Bj A. Patino]

still here :-)

http://www.lightstalkers.org/galleries/slideshow/13349

[Jarle Kavli Jørgensen]

Great to see all of your faces...not been able to catch up on the posts yet, only most of the links. are currently in bergen, norway, where i am visiting a friend, and a family i stayed with in the US, will be arriving tomorrow.

anyway, here is my self port...
http://www.lightstalkers.org/galleries/feed/13348

[Pawel Boguslawski]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pboguslawski/2600306726/

[Rosemary]

Interesting to me that three of the very strong images (and there are others--these just came to me--) depict relationships in the portrait--the "self" is the "self" in part because of the "other"--Alex and his baby--Lisa and man--David and woman.
These little vignettes we give are just part of the "book" we all are--glimpses we hope are honest as well as enlightening? enjoyable?

Are they all about relationships in some way--relationship with the environment--or even loneliness?

It is fun to see how others present themselves--how much they know about who they are and what they are willing to share.

I have also found the commentary--for example David's above--a very rich part of the "portrait."

I think photographs are amazing in their ability to enlighten or deceive. Searching for truth and beauty is universal and keeps us challenged.

Good luck on this David. Choosing just three would be a challenge.

[david]

i think my portrait is very much of the moment - perhaps the way everyone here's is?
b is pregnant with our boy and for the past 4 or 5 months there has been no 'i' really.. more 'us'.. not to say we are homogenized.. more to say we are content.
6 month ahead the brief would produce a completely different photograph.. with a much more tidy hair-cut may be :o)

[Rossen Apostolov]

Went to a spa today and ... here I am again:
http://mochiron.org/temp/self2.jpeg

[audrey bardou]

my self portrait for the contest :
http://web.mac.com/audreybardou/Site_Audrey_Bardou/my_self_portrait.html

[bobblack]

DAVID BOWEN! :)))))))))))))))

THAT IS MAJESTERIAL and the real fucking deal: humour from the skin of pain: i call that bloody life! :))))))....and the words too...that, to me, is what this contest was supposed to be about! :)))) (why i shared the eyeballs and essays)...

that's a gorgeous and joyeous and brilliant pick (love the orange bloom of your feet pads!) :))))...

that's another winner

(david harvey, u gotta unload ur bags on this dude too!) ))

enjoyall

running
b

[david]

thanks bob - it was your eye and patricia photographing her life that introverted me somewhat in the first instance.

B and i had a real giggle this morning which is lasting all day.

warm regards
d

[AndreCherri]

Thanks Panos!!! I like that one too but the one I've sent means much more what I was thinking at that time...
But still thanks man

[audrey bardou]

David Bowen,
I like your self-portrait !

Bob,
I am a fan of all your portraits, I wanted to write you to say it to yourselves but I do not have to find your e-mail

audrey

[arie]

Hi David,

Here are two auto-portraits I took today (Sunday). This is in addition to the picture I posted few days back. I guess you see how motivated I am to get a signed bag !!

http://picasaweb.google.com/lemondedac/June2008/photo#5214731456134042498

and:

http://picasaweb.google.com/lemondedac/June2008/photo#5214731460208303394

Have a great day from Bermuda

Arie

[Suryo Wibowo]

hi david, hi all,

this is mine, have look...

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd41/suryowibowo/finito02.jpg

thanks,

suryo

[Kyunghee Lee in Busan, Korea]

http://www.kimhonghee.com/bbs/data/iloo_review/2594743271_bbaf9a110f_o.jpg

^^

Thanks.
Kyunhghee

[Marcin luczkowski]

HI ALL

this is great that so many people who never write show faces here. I see we have so many great people here.
I'm not host of this place, so I will say only for myself: welcome

Kyunhghee

I'm great fan of your work, your sensitivity, your color, your vision...
if you ever publish a book please give me a note I will buy it as a first person.

[arie]

Dear David,

There is my fourth and final auto-portrait taken today.

http://picasaweb.google.com/lemondedac/June2008/photo#5214764850121889282

Arie

[Sheila Johnson]

What a fun assignment to keep the creative flow going. Especially for those of us who had the good fortune to attend the LOOK3 gathering, it's quite sobering to step back into a world where not everyone is obsessed with making photographs all the time. Thanks to david and everyone in the workshop and at the fest for such a wonderful, heartfelt time.

I'm submitting a self portrait here just for the playful joy of it. I'm way too busy packing up my house in preparation for a big move to devote as much energy as I'd like on this one. Bravo to all who have shared such imaginative and beautiful images.

[dimitri mellos]

hi David and all, here's a portrait just for fun (non-competition!):

http://picasaweb.google.com/dimitrimellos/SelfPortraits/photo#5214767992817392450

(inadvertently after Archiboldo, with the trees in my face)

and this is the one I submit for the contest:

http://picasaweb.google.com/dimitrimellos/SelfPortraits/photo#5214768001370419650

please judge the photograph, not the aesthetic quality of my mug! :)

[Sheila Johnson]

the address on that is:
http://sheilajohnsonphoto.blogspot.com/2008/06/new-and-old-self-portraits.html

[Julien Lambert]

Here is my autoportrait for DAH !
http://www.julien-lambert.com/online/DSC_5227.jpg

[Julien Lambert]

Here is my autoportrait for DAH !
http://www.julien-lambert.com/online/DSC_5227.jpg

[Katia Roberts]

ok, i made a self-portrait an hour or so ago in one of my favorite places on earth - the seattle arboretum. i always think of that beautiful and natural sanctuary as my 'true home'.
(but, being a gemini - yes, another one! - i need my city life too.)
so this is me, in my true State - reclusive, in nature and always turning toward the Light. ;))

http://photos.imageevent.com/iamkatia/thanksgivingatthearboretum/huge/me-fn.jpg

(btw, the photo album it's in is old, hence the 'thanksgiving' in the title, but the photo is brand new as stated above.

[Simon Griffee]

My self portrait:

http://simongriffee.com/photographs/self-portrait

For me self portraiture has always been for fun, usually to show-off my alter ego, Jimmy Boss!

I think that doing it seriously is most difficult because you have to know yourself for the portrait to say something about yourself.

To understand yourself is invaluable because it means understanding other humans as well. Gnothi Seauton…

Thanks once again for the inspiration, David!!! It's great to see everyone here 'come to life'!

[Sebastian]

Posted a portrait taken this week on my blog now at http://www.uberexposed.com/2008/06/self-portrait.html

[young tom]

FOR PANOS ... Self portrait taken ... in the grass ...

http://hydeimages.com/selfportraits/me_forpanos.jpg

[Akaky]

Okay, since the entries are supposed to be fresh fruit and not yesterday's leftovers, here's my official entry:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/akaky/2602078718/

[Gabor Gasztonyi]

Please have a look at this one. I don't post often but look in here almost daily.

http://www.gaborphotography.com/gabor_gasztonyi.htm

[Gabor Gasztonyi]

Please have a look at this one. I don't comment often but look in on the site almost daily.

cheers Gabor

http://www.gaborphotography.com/gabor_gasztonyi.htm

[Jasmin Brutus]

Okay...

http://banda.co.ba/Jb_self.jpg

[JonPack]

Friday was a long day.
I was sick. And a tad short, apparently.

http://jonpack.com/blog/2008/06/22/this-guy/

xojp.

[Alessandro Melillo]

so here's mine, even if I just posted it on flickr and not on my personal photolog, which you'll find with my infos, however!

http://flickr.com/photos/alexmelillo/2562975750

I'm not looking for a prize, however, I posted it because it's fun! will you make a gallery out of our self portraits? I'd like to see 'em all together!

[Lassal]

Hi everyone,

I was away and ... came back too late.

Just saw Davids assignment and went running to do SOMETHING, so I do not feel I let this one pass by.

Well, it is not Sunday in Germany anymore, but in the US it is still weekend!!
So maybe my quick&dirty from a minute ago is not completely useless...

http://dark.lassal.de/hidden/me/

Best to everyone!
Lassal

[Anna Boyiazis]

DAVID

i am choosing to go with number one (my original entry).

[Anna Boyiazis]

MARCIN

could you post more of your drawings (and/or paintings) for us to see?

[lisa Hogben]

DAVID BOWEN, YOUNG MAJOR TOM, ARIE, AUDREY!!!!!

Beautiful, beautiful gorgeous images...

DAVID BOWEN, what can I say but that one is stuck in my head and when a picture is as unforgettable as that, well it will live forever. Its a great tribute to your burgeoning family!

AUDREY that is such a fucking great photo- it is so quintessentially French- Jaques Tati and all that- I reckon we will hear lots about you in the future as well!

ARIE I love the one with the dog and the one with your partner and baby also are gorgeous!

YOUNG MAJOR TOM!

As self portraits go I reckon you nailed it! Thats how I see you, contemplative, romantic and perhaps a little other worldly- perhaps you should call this one 'Splendour With Some Grass'!

Its a really great portrait Tom and I reckon DAH should send you the book!

WOW This is great, I have seen loads of portrait competitions before here in Oz and they all get a little bit standard if you know what I mean, I think these are the most interesting I have seen for some time!

Congrats and now off to view the slide show!

[lisa Hogben]

DAVID BOWEN, YOUNG MAJOR TOM, ARIE, AUDREY!!!!!

Beautiful, beautiful gorgeous images...

DAVID BOWEN, what can I say but that one is stuck in my head and when a picture is as unforgettable as that, well it will live forever. Its a great tribute to your burgeoning family!

AUDREY that is such a fucking great photo- it is so quintessentially French- Jaques Tati and all that- I reckon we will hear lots about you in the future as well!

ARIE I love the one with the dog and the one with your partner and baby also are gorgeous!

YOUNG MAJOR TOM!

As self portraits go I reckon you nailed it! Thats how I see you, contemplative, romantic and perhaps a little other worldly- perhaps you should call this one 'Splendour With Some Grass'!

Its a really great portrait Tom and I reckon DAH should send you the book!

WOW This is great, I have seen loads of portrait competitions before here in Oz and they all get a little bit standard if you know what I mean, I think these are the most interesting I have seen for some time!

Congrats and now off to view the slide show!

[Hanny Morales]

so glad i visited the page today! had enough time to make my own and post it.

saludos! :)

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3326758&id=748435857&l=16c64

[Michael McGowan]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3245/2594650070_d5d76929b3.jpg?v=0
I was alone, falling free, trying my best not to forget.
Baby did you forget to take your meds.
I did just get my first camera bag at a garage sale yesterday for 2 dollars but some lucky soul is going to get a print, you can never have to many pieces of art around the house.

[Hanny Morales]

so glad i visited the blog today! had enough time to make my own and post it!

saludos! :)

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3326758&id=748435857&l=16c64

P.S. HOPE THE LINK WORKS!

[lee Guthrie]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/27850900@N03/?saved=1

Self Portrait for Lee Guthrie (hope this works)

[Linda O.]

Here's my self portrait in BKK (and a pic of what I look like as well)

http://lindatheworldpeacephotographer.blogspot.com/

Peace--

[lee Guthrie]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/27850900@N03/?saved=1

Self portrait for Lee Guthrie (trying again--Rosemary said it wasn't working for her)

Lee

[young tom]

Self Portrait of Young Tom
http://hydeimages.com/selfportraits/selfp_07.jpg

For outtakes and much cheese, click on my name :))