SMU Photo 2 Fall 2019

ICONS by Parker Day

Amalia Ulman's Excellences & Perfections

Mixing Media - Post digital identity photography 1. (couldn't find the artist) 2.  https://www.flickr.com/photos/ashleysophiamassarella/5136109597/in/set-72157625289607582/ 3.  https://www.studiointernational.com/index.php/shu-lea-cheang-3x3x6-taiwan-venice-biennale-2019-video-interview

https://flic.kr/p/c9omAb This image is by Annie Polchinski off Flickr. I had trouble downloading the image but above is the link to the photo. I thought this represented identity as it shows many different personas, maybe this could reference the different personalities people portray online.

I found the idea of movements made in an image and the reflectiveness of the environment affects a child very interesting. It almost seems like childhood psychology specifically the Baldwins work (six months and up). I found it very interesting that the mirroring stage of this is part of your identification or a transformation when the subject assumes an image. I found this most compelling as I never thought of an identification as mirroring an image.

This article goes deep into an infant establishing the 'I' when looking within the mirror to see an image of himself. Psychologically, this could create ego, seeing natural reality, internal pressures, imagination, subjective fragmented body, and isolating identification of the 'I' within the image seen in the mirror. Does this lead to narcissism? Or is it a negative image of self-evaluation within the mind of an infant trying to find 'I'? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3gt-rVr0p4