Life magazine has decided to feature you as their photographer of the year. They have staff shooters that will get most of the shots they need for the article, but they want you to do a self-portrait as the cover photo for the story. They are not looking for a “selfie”, but a quality photo that you take of yourself that tells your story. You can look at the great shooters of yesteryear for inspiration, but come up with a shot that tells your story so that the readers want to dive deeper into the article.
Many of the photographic greats have dabbled at shooting themselves. These shots have ranged from basic studio photography to bizarre with pretty much everything in between. If you want to do a bit of research on some of these photographers, the following list is a good place to start:
The rules this month are the same as usual:
Many of the photographic greats have dabbled at shooting themselves. These shots have ranged from basic studio photography to bizarre with pretty much everything in between. If you want to do a bit of research on some of these photographers, the following list is a good place to start:
- Diane Arbus
- Richard Avedon
- Henri Cartier-Bresson
- Imogene Cunningham
- Germaine Krull
- Dorothea Lange
- Vivian Maier
- Andy Warhol
- Irving Penn
- Man Ray
- Cindy Sherman
- Edward Steichen
- Weegee
- Edward Weston
- Garry Winogrand
- Art Wolfe
- and so many others.
The rules this month are the same as usual:
- Winner of the previous months challenge picks new theme and starts thread.
- You must be the photographer.
- One entry per month.
- Try and make the image a recent one. As interpreted in the February 2018 thread, “recent” means taken in response to this challenge posting.
- Competition runs until the 19th of the Month.
- Voting runs from the 20th - 26th.
- The person with the most votes is the winner.
