The intrigue in the mirror

A key theme to my practice, is the relationship we have as individuals to our reflections. The mirror and the reflection, and the fascination of them, has a long history of featuring in photography, both in and out of self-portraiture. Sam Kelly touches on these issues with his thoughts of Bas Jan Ader's I'm too sad to tell you.

As image makers, photographers will at some point turn the camera on themselves. It may only be brief, it may never be shown, but it seems that the compulsion to try it is almost inevitable. The mirror as an object is the greatest partner to this activity. I began an exploration into the motives and the outcomes of this activity with the following.

Contact sheet (click to enlarge)