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  • Essay / Self Portrait Essay - 583

    Wstep“One of the greatest powers of photography is the ability to express one's emotions through it. The most powerful photographs are those that successfully convey a certain mood or emotion. (Greg http://www.photopathway.com/expressing-emotions-through-photography/). His task as a photographer is to create a strong photograph that transmits emotions to the viewer. One way a photographer can show the emotions they want is to create a self-portrait. It is also worth adding that each "act of creating a self-portrait always reveals 'something' about the creator."( http://weburbanist.com/2009/07/22/the-revealing-art-of- self-portraits/).By creating an introspective self-portrait with a hint of psychoanalysis showing a series of bioenergetic exercises captured as a stop motion sequence, I believe I will achieve my goal of showing the person the process of my catharsis and the emotions that result from it. I base my project on the theories developed by Dr. Wilhelm Reich who said that obstructions to vital energy are responsible for neurotic disorders and...