When I went looking for self portraits, I found some taken on the first roll of film I took in 1958 when I was 21 with my first 35 mm camera (film of course). I had previously submitted one I did in 1960 of myself looking in a hand mirror. It was inspired by this painting that I made (this is NOT part of the contest because it isn't a photo of myself) of an eye in a compact.
So when I tried to reproduce this painting in a photo, this was the result (and this one IS for the contest)
1. Vanity
What I found was that while I have several photos of myself taken by myself in the period from 1958 to about 1964, there are none for the time period after I had two children c 1963 to 2000 when I got my first digital camera. It is much easier to do this digitally.
I tried to reproduce this first one but I wanted to include the passage of time, so the mirror is cracked and dirty
This one is a little unusual as I am reflected in the elevator doors on a cruise ship, sitting on my scooter dressed for formal night, with the art for the auction behind me.
3. Formal Night
This was July 2012.
I like the last. It reminds me of formal portraits of the great painters and of the early daguerrotypes.
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I like the last. It reminds me of formal portraits of the great painters and of the early daguerrotypes.