What is more important in self-portraiture – envisioning who you are (i.e. your “true self”) or envisioning who you wish to be (i.e. your “best self”)? Why?
In a self portrait, I think that it is far more important to capture who you are, as opposed to who you want to be. When people see a portrait of a person, they're more interested in their characteristics and personality instead of who that person desires to be. When you take a picture of yourself as you are, it gives people an idea of your style and what you're all about; what you like. When you take a picture of what you want to be, it can sometimes be misleading to the viewer and confusing. To me, the definition of a self portrait is taking a picture of yourself. Not making youself into the celeb you want to be, or the perfect person you want to be, but of yourself. That's what makes self portraits beautiful, is that no matter how big or small you are, how pale or tan you are, it's a picture of you.
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