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Discover various iconic self-portraits throughout history, from painted masterpieces to modern photography experiments. Explore the evolution of self-representation and its impact on art. Uncover the layers of identity beneath each mask.
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Photographic Self-Portraits Some ideas for the assignment
Eugène Delacroix, French, Self-Portrait, Oil on canvas, c.1837 Edward Steichen, American, Self-Portrait with Brush & Palette, Paris, gum bichromate print, 1901
”Under this mask another mask. I shall never finish stripping away all these faces. And underneath all these masks, there is no ‘real’ identity.” Claude Cahun, French, Self-Portrait, photomontage left, 1929; (in costume, right), 1927
Diane Arbus, Double Self-Portrait with Infant Daughter Doon, 1945
Lucas Samaras(Photo-Transformation)September 9, 1976Polaroid SX-70 print
Samaras, Self-portrait #2, 1994, engraving Samaras, Photo-Transformation, 1976(?)
Cindy Sherman, Untitled (Film Still), 1978Making yourself up
Cindy Sherman, Untitled, 1990, (with Caravaggio, Drunken Bacchus, oil,1593)
Eileen Cowin, Departure Scene, from the series Family Docu-Drama, 1981