Hi, Your comments are quite helpful and well thought out.
Actually, there is no "title" to the photo other than the "working" title so I could recognize it on the hard disk. Had I been completely comfortable with the photograph, and my taking it, it would have probably had a real title, and been part of a couple of portfolios. What makes me uncomfortable, or hesitant to show this photo, is that it is something of a self-portrait. There are times when I'm not comfortable with myself (regardless of how I look), and since taking this picture, I've wrestled with that discomfort a few times. I believe that those who chose to photograph people are, indeed, capturing and looking at a piece of themselves every time the shutter is released and a print is made. Musicians write autobiographical songs, fiction is often autobiographical in nature, and it is similar with photography. Perhaps that's why so many people take photos of inanimate objects and cats ... so they don't have to confront themselves when looking at their work. shel William Johnson wrote: > As to the photo, the only thing I really see as perhaps judgemental is the > title "big eater". You asked the question yourself, is it a medical > condition? Perhaps it's emotional or hereditary? > In the end, does the photo work for you? Does it help you at all in your > own situation? Do you like it? I think every picture I take is a self > portrait. I can learn more about myself from the photos I take than from > photos taken of me. If looking at this photo helps you to learn more about > yourself and your photography, great. If not, then you're not looking hard > enough <g>.
