http://www.foo.be/photoblog/enWed, 17 Jun 2026 20:29:04 GMTNikola (getnikola.com)http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rsshttp://www.foo.be/photoblog/posts/the-difficult-exercise-of-self-portrait/Alexandre Dulaunoy<figure> <img alt="Three a and a self-portrait_" src="http://www.foo.be/photoblog/posts/a.jpg"> </figure> <p>Self portrait is a difficult exercise for me. It might seems to be a kind of paradox because I'm taking pictures of the others. And the paradox becomes bigger at a time where people use their portable cameras (read phone) to make their self portraits.</p> <p>I found a single <a class="reference external" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/adulau/8445182447/">self-portrait</a> in my archive. When I took this one, it was a matter of typography of the "a" letter. Nothing more.</p> <p>For a majority of people, taking a picture of themself is easy and this seems a natural process. I enjoy people using camera to shoot themself as they appear to forget about their surrounding for a short period. It's a little instant where they forget about the world. Taking this instant, it's kind of magic. Like the selfie with the lady and the <a class="reference external" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/adulau/15230284561/">goat</a>.</p> <figure> <img alt="Selfie with a goat_" src="http://www.foo.be/photoblog/posts/b.jpg"> </figure>self portraitselfiehttp://www.foo.be/photoblog/posts/the-difficult-exercise-of-self-portrait/Thu, 25 Sep 2014 19:41:32 GMT