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available light, Avedon., d300s, nikon, self-portrait, Van Gough
Self-Portrati #3
I don’t do self-portraits very often. For that matter, I don’t get in front of the camera very often. I just don’t think that I’m very good looking. It’s not like I’m going to curdle milk or scare small children, I just don’t think that I have very handsome features. I have this big melon head with a big nose plopped on top of a large body. God help me if I shave off my mustache. It makes it look even worse. But, it’s me and it the only face I have, so I just have to deal with it. But does anyone like the way that they look to themselves?
I love to look at self-portraits that famous photographers and painters do of themselves. Some show the pain that they feel, like Van Gough, or just ordinary everyday faces, like Richard Avedon.
