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The Self-Portrait:
A portrait is an artistic representation of a person which presents the face and its expression as a main focus. The intent is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person. For this reason, in photography a portrait is generally not a snapshot, but a composed image of a person in a still position. A portrait often shows a person looking directly at the painter or photographer, in order to most successfully engage the subject with the viewer.
There is a long history of self-portraiture in art. These portraits are as varied as the work of the artists. A self-portrait tends to be personally revealing.
This happens because of the way the portrait has been created, what scene has been staged, o simply the posture of the arts.
We are all curious about our own identities and wonder how the perceptions others have of us might square with what we know about ourselves; self-portraiture can be used to explore this universal questions: WHO AM I?
Self-portraits throughout history range in their self- expression in a few ways:
Some are very formal and communicate little information beyond. the image of the artist
Some artists render themselves as idealized and romanticized in their self-portraits.
In an effort to imply drama or emotion, some self-portraits provide insight into the artist by the emotions depicted.
Another approach is to include things in the self-portrait which are significant to your life.
Another, occasionally humorous approach to self-portraiture is rendering yourself as something or someone else.
Lastly, some artists only depict a portion of themselves in a self-portrait
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