Self-portraits are an instrument for self-knowledge, allowing individuals to reveal their bodies privately or publicly. They also serve to express emotions and convey one’s intimate essence. The artist and the model are one.
One of the most common questions people who have participated in the photography contest ask is, “How do I sell my photography work?”
This article will clarify frequently asked questions about selling photos as graphic artwork that may arise. These basic guidelines can help you when taking your first steps in selling your photographs.
A self-portrait can be an instrument to get to know oneself, a way of exposing our body but it also manifests the feeling and the intimate way of being. A self-portrait is a map of your intimate world, a statement of intentions, a testimony about who you are and how you show yourself.
If we portray the world we live in using images, if we think in images, or if the words we use relate to what we picture in our minds, is it possible that these images actually shape our reality? Which comes first: the image or the word?
It may seem contradictory— theater (and photography), while enabling us to rehearse stereotypical behaviors, also empowers us to reject them and explore new potential characters, embracing fresh life spaces where we can choose who we truly want to be. That’s what life is about.
Today, more than ever in history, we have the possibility to take photographs at any time. We create images quickly and easily. We create images because we can.
Photography changes our way of seeing the world, of feeling and perceiving reality. It fosters intense processes of personal self-knowledge, knowing who we are and what we can do with who we are, a fundamental resource for the achievement of happiness.
Photographs taken during the PHOTOGRAPHY TO GET TO KNOW YOURSELF training by the participants.
Newton’s third law of cause and effect says that everything we do has a consequence. The butterfly effect illustrates this ripple effect within the fabric of personal relationships.
“Paint Your Mind” is the name of one of the exercises we conducted last November at ASPRONA, the Valencian Association for People with Intellectual Disabilities, as part of the Dins Project: “Photography Workshop as an Empowerment Tool for Social Inclusion.”
The ANDANAfoto Photography Award recognizes original photographic projects of an artistic nature and themes related to personal development.
