Making lemonade from lemons, I used the Coronavirus separation and shutdown of hair stylists to grow my hair long. At first my goal was only to replicate the Eraserhead photograph, which I featured in my September 2020 “Work In the Home” phlog article. But I’ve continued growing my hair until it’s the longest I’ve ever had it. Before I get it cut off I thought I’d do some modeling and experiment with camera techniques.
These photographs are an exploration of the subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) changes I can make to my face that impact how people see the resulting portrait. I’m using long exposures, light painting and strobes to make “twisted” selfies that display thoughts and emotions using distorted facial features and visual layering. I’m fascinated with the results and plan to continue exploring these ideas in future work.
