I don’t usually just link to other people’s site in my blog, but I discovered this lovely set of 40 self portraits taken in the late 50’s and 60’s – shows a real sense of innovation and lateral thinking on the self-portrait genre.
Most to the ones I like are where you see her and the camera reflected in things – this is something we photographers try to avoid like the plague of course. The last thing you want to see is you.
Well I may just start looking for self portrait opportunities a bit more often now….
Here they are
http://www.vivianmaier.com/portfolios/self-portraits/?pid=287
ok… here’s my best known self portrait, won an award on-line one Xmas and I got a huge canvas print of it on my wall – it scares the burglars off if nothing else
