𝖙𝖍𝖊 '𝖘𝖊𝖑𝖋𝖎𝖊.'
A selfie is a photograph which consists of one or more people, in my opinion. There is no definite definition of selfie, everyone has mixed opinions on it. A selfie can be taken by the person who is in the photo, or by someone else, or just by a timer. The wikipedia definition of "selfie", is "a selfie is a self-portrait photograph, typically taken with a smartphone which may be held in the hand or supported by a selfie stick." Selfies are adverts for yourself, and advertisements don't always tell the truth. People will almost always believe photographic evidence, even if the photograph is a deception. Artists make self-portraits to preserve memories, to keep the moment alive. In the past, affluent people used to hire painters to paint a picture of themselves, with the purpose of gloating about their wealth.
I have taken selfies in the past, and I have shared them onto a form of social media. I have not taken many selfies recently, as I have not felt the need to, or I have just not felt photo-worthy. I think the selfie has become so popular because society has become narcissistic, and egotistical. I believe the invention of the front facing camera has riled up everyone to become megalomaniacs and to share this photograph of themselves, which is, in fact, not themselves, but a deception of themselves. As society has become narcissistic, it has also become insecure. Selfies allow people to put a limit on how much identity they share with the world.
I have taken selfies in the past, and I have shared them onto a form of social media. I have not taken many selfies recently, as I have not felt the need to, or I have just not felt photo-worthy. I think the selfie has become so popular because society has become narcissistic, and egotistical. I believe the invention of the front facing camera has riled up everyone to become megalomaniacs and to share this photograph of themselves, which is, in fact, not themselves, but a deception of themselves. As society has become narcissistic, it has also become insecure. Selfies allow people to put a limit on how much identity they share with the world.
These are some of my favourite self-portraits from history.
Our Vivian Maier Exhibition
To start off, I was put into a group with Scarlett, Megan and Jake. We had to curate an exhibition of Vivian Maier, an undisclosed artist. First of all, we had to decide how we were going to organise the photographs. We decided that we were going to organise the photograph's by light to dark. By light to dark, we meant lighter tones to darker tones. Once we organised the photographs, we stuck them down onto the A1 piece of paper, which was the virtual gallery wall. To be a curator, you have to possess the skill of decision-making, and to be confident. What we found most difficult was choosing how to organise the photographs. We chose to lay them out from light to dark because it sort of represents Vivian Maier's life. Her life went from being in the dark to being exposed to the whole world, Her whole life was a cryptic mystery, waiting to be deciphered. Our exhibition was quite successful, but not as successful as it could be. To make it as successful as it could be, we could have done a better explanation of the exhibition. Also, we could have used less photographs, as too many could make the viewer feel tense, or surrounded. Also, the images could be placed neater, as they seem very jagged and uneven.
SHADOW SELFIES
Kenneth Josephson's photograph is a type of shadow selfie. It was created in Chicago, Illinois. It consists of five visible people. The photographer is holding another viewfinder, in addition to the one in his camera, and this frames the hand of a passenger in a car. If you think deeply about this photograph, it can be very confusing. This is because the photographer is in it twice, whereas a photographer would normally never be in an image.
Obscured Selfie
Akihiko Miyoshi is a Japanese artist. He has excelled in obscured selfies. An obscured selfie is a selfie in which the person\s are obscured by any objects. This is an example of one of his many photographs. In this Akihiko stuck some coloured tape, which had been cut up into short strips, onto a clear film in front of a camera. The tape had been stuck in order to mock the silhouette of the figure in the picture.
Evaluation
In this set of photos, we used sticky dots and organised them in neat, straight lines and stuck them onto clear acetate. On the other sheet of acetate we stuck three rows of five sticky-notes and then two lines of tape in between the rows of sticky-notes.