From: Charles Dias
Guy Glorieux - The classical "stretched arm" selfportrait ...LOL ... I think
most digital photographers have one of this. Nice your version with the big
wine barrels on the background.
From: Per Öfverbeck
"The Guy who gave barrel distortion a face..." Sorry, just cannot
resist a bad joke when I have the chance. Always nice to see the
face of a fellow PhotoForumer, but I think I would have looked much
happier in that environment.
Thanks for the comments.
There is something interesting involved with self-portraiture. It involves
the photographer developing a dual-role, that of the photographer setting up
an imaginary stage for the subject and that of the subject interacting with
the photographer, each with the common purpose of creating a
"re-presentation" for the viewer.
It can be anything from some of the funniest by Friedlander to the very
articulated by Cindy Shermann.
I've done self-portraits for quite some time in a wide variety of
circumstances and settings. This one has no particular significance other
than a grumpy interaction with the huge wine barrels.
More directly, it was posted in an attempt to start a discussion on the
theme, if anybody cares. Did we do a gallery of self-portraits some time in
the past? How about a LuLu.com book of self-portraits from all members of
this group?
Guy
