something different
Self-Portrait in the Kitchen, 2009, © Jane Tam
Turning the camera on myself is quite a¬† challenge since it’s a struggle to show the meaning of the photograph, as well as transform into a performer. I’ve been working on a few self-portraits here and there, not really sure where it’s going but sort of excited with the experimentation. I’m a very self conscious person. It could be due to my mother’s constant nagging and her refusal to have her kids shame her or the family.
This photograph, from my parents’ kitchen, was a test shot among over 100 tests. It’s aesthetically very different from the rest of my photographs on my website and certainly exudes very different emotions. Here’s hoping to working it out.
Jane! I love this. Yes it is very different but it is beautiful and full of emotion.
Very interesting, I like it very much. I agree it’s different, but I also think it very much fits with some of your other work in particular “foreigners in paradise,” and your larger exploration of identity and the space it’s negotiated in. I look forward to seeing were this new direction takes you.
Beautiful. Thanks for introducing yourself to me this spring. I love your work.
Also, I was happy to discover that we are both showing work in Whatever Was Splendid at Houston Fotofest 2010. I’m in good company.