The Self Portrait

The Environmental Self Portrait

An environmental portrait is an image that tells the viewer something about the subject, either through other elements within the image or as a psychological study. See the work of Arnold Newman, Annie Liebovitz or Mark Seliger.

You will design and shoot, and create a self portrait. The portrait may be clack and white or color. You may create it entirely with the camera and darkroom, or you may manipulate it on the computer.

The final product must be printed in large format. This is free if you do it in the darkroom, or you must pay $4 for the large print if you choose to create the portait in color or on the computer.

To Plan the portrait , copy and paste the following questions into a word document, and save this into your folder as "Self Portrait Plan".

Open the following link : Previous winners , and click on the "2004 winners" link

Answer the following:

1. For each of the following, list three words that describe the person in the portrait.

• Joe Linfesty
• Christina Carmona
• Raef Payne
• Ben Weyand
• Kelly Quarles
• Katie Pace
• Hayley Klein
• Brittany Given
• Amanda Scott
• Beth Rubel
• Lisa Coy
• Chloe DeCuba
• Brandon Gault
• Jessica Higgins
• Dana Felthauser
• Lauren Cameron
• Hillary Kunz

2. Choose the ONE portrait you like the best, and explain exactly how it was created, and what elements and composition techniques are present in the photo.

3. Explain what you want to communicate about yourself.

4. Print this completed page, and sketch you portrait on the back. Explain exactly how you plan to create your portrait.