Monday, February 27, 2023

Self-portraits, part 1

 Here are some of my favourite self-portraits by photographers. 

"The tool of every self-portrait is the mirror. You see yourself in it. Turn it the other way, and you see the world."
- Agnes Varda


Erwin Blumenfeld's self-portrait as a Minotaur, c. 1936



Autoportrait de Nadar, c. 1854-1860



Robert Mapplethorpe, Self-portrait with cigarette, 1980



Constantin Brancusi, Autoportrait caché d'une main, October 1933



Dieter Appelt, Self-portrait, 1988



Florence Henri, Autoportrait (aux cadres), 1938



Andy Warhol, Self-Portrait in Drag (Long Reddish-Brown Wig and Plaid Tie), polaroid, c. 1981-82



Otto Umbehr, aka Umbo, c. 1930



Vivian Maier, Self-portrait, 1950s



 Frances Benjamin Johnston, Self-portrait, 1896



David Seidner, Self-portrait, 1992



Juergen Teller, Self Portrait, 2015 



Ellen Von Unwerth, Self-portrait, 2012



Another self-portrait of Erwin Blumenfeld, or two, from Paris, c. 1937



Shane Balkowitsch, "The Reflection of Shadow Catcher" - Self Portrait in Mirror, 2019



Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Self-portrait as Napoleon, c. 1937-39

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