SELF-PORTRAITS
The camera immediately brought changes debuting in the
1800’s, and today the changes in perception are rolling on in our lives. Art
has expanded its definition of self, place, and time each generation by the
camera in numerous ways. Wrought with fatigue from the endless nights creating
painstakingly with oils, or grease, or stone, or iron the human need, and
capacity to create art has never abated; it has only changed forms of
expression. When cameras became more affordable an industry within the
photography industry changed postures, and taking pictures became less a formal
gathering in prestigious, or seedy studios scattered throughout cities in
states far and wide... © Gregory E. Woods 11.02.12
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| self-portraits in tiny apartments, or bathrooms wearing black lingerie, or nothing no longer carries the stigma of self-indulgence. It has become normal for Narcissus to dress up and prance about in her underwear taking her picture in mirrors. |
Prostitutes in 1912
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