Jon and I stopped at an antique/junk market today and instead of looking for things to buy we were snapping Vivian Maier inspired self -portraits in every reflective surface we could find. Him with his big expensive camera and me with my iphone. All these self portraits are about identity. When I take a self portrait I’m saying “this is who I am” and not letting other people define me. It’s a really fun and creative thing to do, revealing too. I’d encourage anyone to try it.
Love this post and your pix – Jon’s too – I hate pictures of me but am gonna try taking them myself and see how it goes – thanks for the inspiration – esp like your boots photo 🙂
Try it Brenda. There’s something liberating about it. I try to look at myself in photos and not judge how I look but say to myself: so that’s what I look like.
I like your style, Maria.
I kind of like your take on this. defining who we are. I’ll have to try as well when I have time!
You’ll start having fun with it Candy and you won’t be able to stop