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NY Times on Self-Portraiture
In this NY Times article, the MySpaceesque digital self-portrait that many models here started with is explored as folk art. "There's always a theatrical quality to their shots," [Jim Taylor, a trend consultant at the Harrison Group in Waterbury, Conn.] said. "Kids love melancholy and sadness. There is lots of obvious symbolism about whether they see themselves as an actress, a model, a Christ figure or a Hamlet." (The emphasis is mine.) http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/19/fashi … nd&emc=rss Feb 18 06 12:03 pm Link Feb 18 06 12:05 pm Link That was a great read - thanx BD.. Feb 18 06 12:10 pm Link Honestly, I just ran across it, but the "Photogs. What do you look like?" thread made me thinking about self-portraits, and I shot a lot last night, and one the night before. My favorite college drawing teacher said (as she asigned a semester-long self-portrait project) that "every act of creation is an act of self-exploration." Socrates said, "The unexamined life is not worth living." Where would we be in this world without Van Gogh's or Rembrandt's self-portraits? I dig self-portraits. Feb 18 06 12:15 pm Link I always feel like I can see "me" through my eyes better than anyone else's Feb 18 06 12:17 pm Link heh....what does my self portrait say then? i love it....i think i will always keep it in my portfolio. hmmm....a model, a wannabe star, a narcissist? Feb 18 06 03:54 pm Link Brandi Jo wrote: Interesting that is the exact opinion of those same teens they interviewed in the article. Feb 18 06 06:49 pm Link Brandi Jo wrote: your perspective is indeed a unique one...but those on the outside looking in do can see past all the internal anxieties and insecurities...but...you are correct. Feb 18 06 09:19 pm Link |
