I Take Self-Portraits Of Different But True Versions Of Myself Throughout Life. Some Of The Photos Instill Fear In Me When I Think About Others Viewing Them.

The concept for this self portrait series was born from a desire to show others the dissonance I felt between differing environments I had lived in, the city and rural America. I found it was easier to just forget focusing on city versus country photographs and to purely focus on just me and my life. I know, it sounds very narcissistic. The subject matter in many of the photos are simply recreated poignant moments within my life. Even though they are recreated moments, I feel there is an intense and intriguing honesty within the photos.

I believe honesty is the key point in the series of photographs. There are usually two sides to every story and two sides to every person, if not more. Many times we only get to see one side of a person, the side the individual wants us to see. Why do we have such fear when it comes to revealing truths about our whole selves? The answer to that is probably societal pressure. Of course, there are rebels to that societal pressure out there that have the courage to be their true self at all times. I admire them. Some of the photos in the this self portrait series instill fear in me when I think about others viewing them.

I think we realize it is hard to look in the mirror sometimes and even harder to not only look into the mirror, but show it to all of those around.

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