After reading the article about self portraiture i agree with the author that myspace and Facebook has definitely changed the way that people look at self portraits. Now, self portraits are seen as a quick snapshot from an arm lengths distance, which is sad for those in the art world. I wish that there was just a different names for the tacky and posed myspace and Facebook pictures. Those pictures are only taken so that they can be put on Facebook for all people too see, and everyone knows that when they put a picture up that everyone will look at it. So, i totally agree with what the author is saying about self portraiture of this generation.
I myself se self portraiture as a way to express myself and to show a true side of me. I put a lot of thought into my self portraits, like the layout, design and the whole concept of the piece. To me a self portrait is not at all a picture you can take in two seconds when you are bored.
All in all, myspace and Facebook have totally changed self portraiture for the worst. They have taken what should be a thought out way to express yourself and be artistic, but now they are seen as an arms length picture taken with a crappy digital camera.
I agree Jill. It's more of people being bored, and not being artistic, and them being to brainless to show who they really are. As well as them being afraid of who they really are, and what people will think of them.
ReplyDeleteI AGREE!!! I also think that facebook and myspace has changed the way people take pictures completely. I think, that if people would put some thought into their pictures, then it could be better, but because everyone takes a 2 second snapshot at arms length, self portraits are not at all what they should be anymore.
ReplyDeleteAre you sure that it is Facebook and MySpace that has done this, or the advent of digital photography? Back when I was in high school and no one owned a digital camera, people were taking self portraits, but not as much (we didn't want to waste the film). I do like what you said about finding a different name for the self portraits that fall on these social networking sites in comparison to the more thoughtful self portraits artists usually do.
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