Self Portrait

Self Portrait - Artist Statement

My self portrait is made out of two photographs put over each other in Adobe Photoshop. I took the pictures in the same spot on the Empire State Building in New York City. In the picture that I used as the background I look away from the camera down to the city which is in the background. By looking down to the city I want to represent, that I care about all the others that are down there all over the earth. In the second picture, which I put over the other one, I face the camera, by which I want to represent that I also care about the here and right now. The two photographs together stand for all the different directions that life goes. For all the decision I have to make and it also stands for time, the present and the future. I have to make my own decisions to become more independent. In the darkroom I first put the paper under the light for 6 seconds, but by then photograph did not have the kind black I wanted it to have. It was to light. After that I used 10 seconds and the picture got the exact same color as the original had on my computer.