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type C photograph
18.5 x 18.5 each image
Year 12, Narrabundah College, Canberra
In presenting my self-identity, I chose to divide the physical features of my face into four separate photographs. Each image represents a different aspect of my personality. The eye represents my confident qualities. The side of my face represents my reflective nature. The sandwich represents my balanced healthy life style, and the flute represents my love of music. By combining these four images, I am aiming to give the viewer some clues into my personality, without revealing myself completely. This is achieved through the distortion that has been created by the four photographs. By doing this, I am seeking to illustrate the notion that we are more than the sum of our parts.
Headspace 3
The self-portrait enables students to explore emerging and changing aspects of their own identity, their sense of self, their place in the world, their experience of being human
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