Review 4 2008 - The beginning of the not so self self-portraits series

The first draft of the new series: (apologies for the shitty colour profile transfer I can't be both'd right now and am in a hurry to go see other reviews!)



Self Portrait – Kerrie (The Saboteur)

My work often employs themes based around the juxtaposition of order and chaos, in an informational context. However, the process generally reveals an investigation into the psychological meanderings of everyday life.


Photography inherently encourages exploration of identity, visual communication, and documentation. The photograph serves my desires well. I am able to shoot until I find that something… to ‘capture’ it… and after a period of reflection, am able to tweak the symbolic codes into a visual commentary.

Self-Portrait – Kerrie (The Saboteur), is the first in a series of portraits of people I know, who provide a resonant truth of their identity. Something familiar. Something in me.


Dualities are heavily prevalent; self/other, order/chaos, absent/present, etc. However, the greatest shared truth appears to be based on self-sabotage. This variety, born from the paradox of choice, where freedom results in a paralysing matrix of options. If you don’t make a choice, or change an old one… the outcome is predictable. You’ve come this far. But in order to escape it now, you must avert your gaze. The screen can be good for that.

Or is it?