I would say that, in a lot of instances, the selfie is not an "I/we was/were here" but an "I/we am/are here now."
For me, I don’t really see much difference between photos of someone standing in front of the Eiffel Tower shot be someone else or one generated by a selfie. Without discussing them with the photographer I assume that the intent of the image was the same, to document “I/we was/were here.”
But more and more, photos are augmenting any written communication - and even spoken communication - between people, particularly younger people who have been enculturated through the use of smart phones.
I would say that, in a lot of instances, the selfie is not an "I/we was/were here" but an "I/we am/are here now."
As visual artists/communicators, you'd think this would be better understood.
Maybe this is why these picture-free discussion threads can go on and on but in the Gallery, not so much.
So today, when I do my vacation slide shows on my 4K TV, I always include an even distribution of people and place pictures. Unfortunately, these turn out to be just as boring and uninteresting to them. They run home early in horror. They leave so quickly, I get to eat my dessert and theirs as well. Then I don't see them again in my house for at least two years as they feign sickness each time I ask them to come back.
What's an environmental self-portrait? I'd like to see them. Post them here. No Bermuda shorts.Ironically, at my darkroom group meeting yesterday, we brought and projected slides. We do this from time to time. 35mm and 4x5 in this case, although in the past we have seen 110 slides and medium format slides.
A lot of us have a lot of slides which cover a lot of years.
Having just a few, from a number of different photographers, helps a lot!
There were even a couple of environmental self portraits - mine was from 1979!
Maybe some of Francesca Woodman's or Vivian Meir's work would fit the category. Many photographers self-portraits show them at the camera in their studio or home, isn't that their environment?What's an environmental self-portrait? I'd like to see them. Post them here. No Bermuda shorts.
What's an environmental self-portrait? I'd like to see them. Post them here. No Bermuda shorts.
Sorry, those are not self-portraits.Standing in a busy public square in a European city that I was a 23 year old tourist in!
I was travelling with a friend who was also shooting slides. We took similar photographs of each other, using both of our cameras. So we each ended up with a slide of each of us.
No Bermuda shorts, but wide-leg jeans and a t-shirt that I haven't been slim enough to fit into for a very long time!
None of the slides I have from that era have been digitized - I don't know whether I want to put them into the scanning backlog queue.
I did have 4x5 internegs made of about half a dozen of the slides from that trip, and the resulting enlargements in mats and11 x 14 or 16 x 20 frames spent many years on a lot of different walls, until you could see signs of fading.
I could maybe find the internegs, but I don't have the capacity to scan them myself.
Sorry, those are not self-portraits.
What's an environmental self-portrait? I'd like to see them. Post them here. No Bermuda shorts.
I contend that most, if not all, selfie takers are baring their souls much more than most, if not all, "real" photographers.
Selfie takers seem to be frequently criticised and chastized about everything they choose to do. Yet they dare to do it. Takes guts!
Standing in a busy public square in a European city that I was a 23 year old tourist in!
I was travelling with a friend who was also shooting slides. We took similar photographs of each other, using both of our cameras. So we each ended up with a slide of each of us.
No Bermuda shorts, but wide-leg jeans and a t-shirt that I haven't been slim enough to fit into for a very long time!
None of the slides I have from that era have been digitized - I don't know whether I want to put them into the scanning backlog queue.
I did have 4x5 internegs made of about half a dozen of the slides from that trip, and the resulting enlargements in mats and11 x 14 or 16 x 20 frames spent many years on a lot of different walls, until you could see signs of fading.
I could maybe find the internegs, but I don't have the capacity to scan them myself.
It’s not the taking… it’s the sharing that takes courage. Especially when the sharing is open for the public to see. That opens the sharer with an odd assortment of praise and random criticism it seems.
Flared pants are making a comeback...Bell bottoms! You're dating yourself.
Aren't there billions of them?
I contend that most, if not all, selfie takers are baring their souls much more than most, if not all, "real" photographers. Selfie takers seem to be frequently criticised and chastized about everything they choose to do. Yet they dare to do it. Takes guts!
Bell bottoms! You're dating yourself.
There were even a couple of environmental self portraits - mine was from 1979!
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