About a year ago I was taking tons of portraits of myself so that I could put together a series for my Parents. My Mom has complained every year since graduation for an updated portrait of her son. Well I decided to go all out and what came out of it was some crazy stuff. I not only enjoyed doing the portraits, but it seemed to show other sides of me that I didn't even know. While making this portrait series, I stumbled upon a website. It had tons of black and white portraits of normal everyday people from all over the world. I then kept reading and realized it was the work of one man. His idea was to take these portraits and blow them up into a huge format, print them out and then paste them to public walls. This was right up my alley! So I sent one of my portraits in and they accepted it to be printed. They sent it to me along with instructions on how and where to paste my portrait. It took a while, but I finally found a home for my face!!
BEFORE & AFTER
I had an art show at the great Brass Bell Studio! Half art gallery, half bike restoration. So I asked the owners if I could paste my face right next to the entrance. They were so pumped, they even helped paste it. It was truly an awesome way to show my personality and my art!
The best part about this idea is the beauty in each portrait. It is better said in the Ted Talk here:
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