Reading Cream's latest (look at his smiley eyes!) about self-portraits, which came via Calamity Tat, I thought that it would be fantastic to do a post with photos of you all, dear readers.
But some people like the anonymity, so what I was thinking is for people to email me their photo self-portraits but they can interpret it how they want, either a photo of themselves, or a detail like Cream, or a reflection, or maybe just something which sums them up and that they identify with. (Can't express for example just how much of a person is crevealed by, say, their shoes. Just take a look at my trainers, they tell you a million things. Not least that I should get a new pair of trainers.)
I'll put the photos of my Flickr account and then post them here with your links, which will give a revealing snapshot of this little blog's readers at this moment in time. Or be a lot of pretentious nonsense, you decide.
*Thinks to self, everyone will either go 'yay!' or it will crash and burn*
19 comments:
Annie, I already have a picture suitable for a self-portrait handy. It is a picture of some postcards on my wall. If you need me to email you the file let me know, here's the link.
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c290/obilli/wallportrait.jpg
Beautiful, Billy, this is just what I want. Can you send me the file?
Can we do that think people did on ebay where they posted up shiny household items with reflections of themselves in the nip?
Alternatively, I'll email you some clean ones...
I have something that would be perfect, an ink drawing I did a while ago. I'll have to go off and photograph it first. I'm not going to just send you my picture- that would be boring. It is a lovely idea though, if enough people participate it could become a work of art in it's own right.
Arse - I don't have a camera. Will think of something...nice idea!!
Del, ha! didn't see that on ebay. Thanks for the photos, they're great - though the first one is scary, looks like you have no eyes.
Fab, Heather, that sounds great - no hurry.
Patroclus, arse. That is a flaw in my plan - not everyone has cameras. Thank you!
I'll send you something. I have a question - what size should it be (in pixels [to be good for editing as you surely have to mix it all] and in bytes [not to kill your email]) ?
I'm in, now I just need to think of something to photograph!
Good luck, Annie! Looks like you are gonna be flooded with photos!o}
Oh dear, I'll have to think carefully about this.
Shyha Shyha Shyha, does this blog seem like it's written by someone who knows about pixels and bytes? (Don't you worry about the pixels, as Flickr can sort it out for me, as for bites - small bites, I suggest - tiny bites, hardly even a mouthful.)
Hurray for Prolix!
Cream, feel free to email me, it doesn't have to be a photo, could be one of your drawings - especially seeing as you started this...
Ooh, Wyndham's joining in, jolly good. I thought you'd be too grownup.
ow, ok ;)
i'm eating breakfast right now ;) cheers!
there's a wendy that comes around my site a lot, and she can read minds based on the footwear. maybe you should forward the picture.
vendela something, her nick is something very difficult to remember.
Welcome, Blind Flaneur. No no no, no soul-stealing intended - this is why you can send me anything, anything at all I tell you, which represents you - well, as long as it's not mucky, this is a PG rated blog.
Interesting, Treespotter, though maybe less fragrant than palm-reading...
Patroclus - I think I have a photo of you from very far away (you can't see it's you). At Bletchley Park.
Or I could send a photo of your white hand towel? ;-)
I have a lot of bad photos, I look like the 'before' in every pic I am in. I could send in some nasty photos of my hair extensions after I got drunk and pulled them out...
I've got a photo of Brian May gone to seed if that's any good.
Hi, Tabby Rabbit. A photo of Patroclus "from very far away", tee hee! Why was she so far away? Was she running away from the camera? If Patroclus is camera shy, I don't want to pressure her...
I have the exact same problem , in passport photos particularly I tend to look like a serial killer.
Extensions, I've always wanted them. Feel free to send them, (the photos not the actual extensions.) Though I'm sure you're being modest and are photogenic and gorgeous.
Dan, Brian May gone to seed - if he represents something important to you, that's good enough for me.
Oh, I know! You could send me a Gormley photo!
Oh Annie, you are really a pair of shoes! Who would've thunk it? What a lovely shade of red you are.
Thanks GG! Let me tell you,typing is a nightmare when you're a pair of shoes...
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