I am not just a single self
In preparation for assignment 3 I recreated a scene from my childhood in HO figures, I was a kind of self portrait as it was made of model figures from my childhood.
After my initial draft of assignment 5 and tutor feedback, I realised trying to capture the influences on my life in one image was a much too large task, but the image was starting to represent a self-portrait of me. I have therefore changed the focus to the various identities we all have had over time.
Using a passport style picture, one I had taken for visa renewal here in Thailand, to represent me as I am now, I am surrounded my figures that represent the various identities I have or have had over the last 48 years.
- Banker
- Child
- Partner
- Diver
- Friend
- Photographer
The figures are placed so that they are looking at the picture burried in the sand. I have positioned the photographer so that he over looks the scene. For the child I have kept him between parents, as if they are bring him, but to a viewer it they might see it representing being a parent.
I think looking at the picture now there are enough clues that the image is about the person in the passport picture and the figures give clues to what they represent, so that