J A R E D

M I L L E R

"To see oneself (differently from in a mirror): on the scale of History, this action is recent, the painted, drawn, or miniaturised portrait having been, until the spread of Photography, a limited possession, intended moreover to advertise a social and financial status - and in any case, a painted portrait, however close the resemblance (this is what I am trying to prove) is not a photograph. "

- Roland Barthes, Camera Lucida

Exploring my own image using photography as an objective perspective, I attempted to capture what I really look like through a continual process of self portraits and self-reflection. This project began with my own interpretation of tonsure, followed by a series of 5 images to inform the subsequent images. Taken on large format film I inhibited the immediacy of modern digital photography altering the objectivity of my images, as well as providing excruciating detail.