Lee friedlander self portraits for kids

“At first, my presence in my photos was fascinating and disturbing.

But as time passed and I was more a part of other ideas in my photos, I was able to add a giggle to those feelings.”

– Lee Friedlander

For today’s compositional lesson I want to introduce the idea of incorporating self-portraits into your street photography.

While self-portraits don’t fit into the textbook definition of “composition” per se– I still feel that they are an interesting compositional technique we can add to our toolkit to make more interesting images.

Self-portraits and street photography

Self-portraits have been done by artists throughout the ages– from painters, photographers, sculptors, etc.

When it comes to street photography, many photographers have also created self-portraits in their work by either photographing themselves or themselves in the context of their urban environment.

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