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Self Portrait Portfolio: Immersed

How does water make you feel? Water, like emotion, is fluid, changing, ebbing and flowing. Literature has long used imagery of water to describe human experience and human emotion. It has the power to sustain us, or to drown us. Water can be destructive and fearsome; alternatively, it can be soothing and nurturing. 

 

This series of self portraits was created to showcase the artistic metaphor of water and emotion.  Photographing the emotive qualities of water requires thoughtful consideration of location, lighting and technique to achieve the desired effect. Photographing large raindrops on a summer night evokes joy and dancing.  Water clinging to the surface of glass feels like desperation. The mysterious mist of a foggy night is delicate and light, but at the same time defiant against gravity, refusing to settle.  Whether drowning in fear or buoyant with confidence, the water and I have become reflections of each other. Both subjects are essential to each photograph, personifying the emotion.  

 

As I look back through this collection, I find myself reflecting on the pivotal times in my life when I felt engulfed in these emotions.  I hope to take you on this journey with me, absorbed in emotion, captivated by water…immersed.  

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