I’ve come upon an idea that I think I want to work on. It involves a typology, self portrait, technology, and a little bit mocking narcissism all wrapped into one image. Well, 365 images serving as one.
The plan is to photograph myself using my front-facing camera in my iPhone once everyday, wearing whatever I have on including whatever I have. Whatever. I think the more odd the better.
It’s not just a memory image, either. It may not be entirely deep and meaningful, but I can see references to the “myspace self photo,” sort of a satire of it. Also the fact that it was used with the front facing camera of an iPhone seems pretty significant, as it’s a new piece of technology.
It’s sheer size and magnitude of all those images will also be pretty powerful. If I did this for a month, thirty photos just wouldn’t cut it. I’m imaging the final print to AT LEAST 30″ in the shorter side. Ideally mural size with each photo being roughly 1.5×2″. I’ve collected about four images so far.
And here’s an example of what one of the photos can be. Of course, it will be more spontaneous as the process goes on.
Tags: collage, self portrait, type, typology