Posted by: Author | May 9, 2008

Photo Friday: self portrait

Today’s Photo Friday is entitled: “Self Portrait”

Follow the links below for other entries (I will add links as entries come in!):

Sky Windows & Idea Jump! & Blahblah Blog & Looking in the mirror

(Due to circumstances beyond Julie’s control (just for fun) her self portrait has been delayed!)

It wasn’t difficult choosing which gadget to use for my self portrait - how could I recreate myself as anything other than a Warhol inspired iconic pop art, pseudo Marilyn Monroe?  LOL!  And of course, I just had to hang my artwork on the wall of a gallery! How could I resist? But then I tried a neat trick - I captured my own reflection in a mirror. Which to use? You can decide which you prefer!

Below: Marilyn by Warhol

Isn’t life a series of images that change as they repeat themselves? ~ Andy Warhol
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Below: Author - a self portrait in the Warhol style
displayed at the Museum Of Modern Art
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If anyone that wants to have a go follow this link:  Warholizer

Below: Author - self portrait using my reflection in a mirror!

Entitled: Watching Me, Watching You!

also displayed at the Museum Of Modern Art

Top tip: I found that setting the camera on portrait didn’t work as the flash went off and was reflected in the mirror. So I set it on landscape and voila - it took a self portrait! :-)

Oh! And just one more!

Below: Author - a self portrait entitled:

“Capturing you, capturing me, watching you, watching me!”

And finally: Follow this link to view my self portrait Picasso style!

Next week’s Photo Friday for 16th May has been chosen by CuriousC: 

“Doors, Doorways, & Entries…. to the soul, the house, a city, whatever…”

Future Photo Friday titles:

Friday 23th May : Title by Julie: Emotion

Friday 30th May : Title by CordieB: Phantasmagoria

Friday 6th June : Title by Author: Diptychs

(or Triptychs if you prefer to use 3 images)

(Diptychs - two is better than one! Tell a story in just two frames. Get creative. Think in pairs! The aim of diptychs / triptychs is to make an interaction between two / three photos in such a way that the whole work has a greater value than its components).

Responses

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OK! I’m in!

The first pic is fun to imagine what the viewers are thinking… “Hmmmm…..” and the last pic makes me dizzy! it’s endless.

but the frame, in the gallery, WOW - this is GREAT!

Okay, these are just awesome. I’m humbled by your gadget greatness, and that’s no lie! That last one is just fab.

This just gets more and more fun!!! :-)

[...] Sky Windows & Idea Jump! & A Curious State of Affairs [...]

I love how you put the photo in an art gallery with people looking at you. How did you do that?

I loved seeing what everyone looked like this week.

Very original and cool. I LOVE IT. If I can nominate, I nominate you for the gold award. I just love it!

Hi Lou, and Tina,

I’m going to write a special post on gadgets this weekend - so you can all join in the fun! I thought we might all then select our own most favourite photo art - and pop it in an art gallery!
What do you think?

CordieB,

Glad you liked my efforts! Thank you so much for the award (anyone can nominate) - I’ve put it on my Photo Friday page with pride (scroll down to see it).

To all participants:
I just loved all the self portraits this week - as Tina said, it was just great seeing everyone! :-)

[...] Another huge THANK YOU to CordieB at Looking in the mirror who nominated me for this award for my self portrait, which she thought was really [...]

These are all wonderful……you are very creative.

Clever stuff.

All I want is a room with a view
A sight worth seeing, a vision of you
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Erk, right. I’ll get me coat.

Roads,

LOL!

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