Photo Challenge

Selfie

Last fall, the Moving Image Contemporary Art Fair in London, England, featured the National #Selfie Portrait Gallery — one of…

Image by Cheri Lucas Rowlands

Image by Cheri Lucas Rowlands

Last fall, the Moving Image Contemporary Art Fair in London, England, featured the National #Selfie Portrait Gallery — one of the first major exhibitions focused on the art of the self-portrait, or selfie. Depending on your view, perhaps art isn’t the most fitting term, but whether you love it or hate it, selfie-portraiture is indeed a thing, and an expression of our ever-evolving culture in our digital age.

For this challenge, snap a selfie with your cameraphone or camera. In the shot above, I captured my reflection on the surface of an Arnaldo Pomodoro sculpture at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. Feel free to get creative and clever, and if you don’t want to share a photo of yourself, think of a way to approach this challenge in a different way. (Hint: silhouettes and shadows are your friends.)

A selfie doesn’t have to be all about you; it can reveal much more, given the elements you choose to include.

cheri lucas

In a new post created specifically for this challenge, share a selfie.

— Cheri
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Here’s how it works:

  1. Each week, we’ll provide a theme for creative inspiration. You take photographs based on your interpretation of the theme, and post them on your blog (a new post!) anytime before the following Friday when the next photo theme will be announced.
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  12. damn, I published a selfie only yesterday, should have done it today… or now I have to make a new one:)) in the meantime, will be having a look at your selfies…

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