SELF PORTRAITURE — ANNA EHRSAM

Existential Self Portraits

The Eye And The I

The Personal is Political! “Existential Self Portraits” are part of an ongoing series addressing the complex relationship between an intimate personal subjectivity and the display of a public persona and the resulting objectification and judgement which we are all confronted with. They are an extension of my performance work as well as being diaristic. Phenomenological in the way they capture time passing, change and experience. Additionally this EXISTENTIAL SELF PORTRAIT series is a way to be mindful of my state of being in a specific point in spacetime and a kind of self possession. The photographic document is a record of my existence and a declaration proclaiming "I AM".