Shadows of a photographer
By Mel Flament
20 Jun 2008
When there is nothing to take a picture of, which in my opinion is rare, there's always still your shadow hanging around somewhere close by. It's amazing how distorted it can get and quickly becomes a game to get a cool shot of your projection.
After recently uploading such a shot, I received a comment pointing towards a similar picture. That picture also had a comment... pointing yet to another picture, and so on...
I realized that so many of us take pictures of ourselves in action (taking pictures that is) via our shadow. It's "Meta" (see theme), but also an original type of self portrait that projects us along with our passion of photography onto the ground.
I browsed JPGmag for similar pictures, and was surprised by the amount of photographers that have taken wonderful pictures of this scenario. The following links are just a few of these original and magnificent shots i was able to find. They are all of the same subject yet in different conditions, environments and angles.
Shadows of a photographer links:
Mel Flament (a.k.a Mine): http://www.jpgmag.com/photos/761962
Simon Le: http://www.jpgmag.com/photos/570965
Adniloj: http://www.jpgmag.com/photos/762514
Matthew Strong: http://www.jpgmag.com/photos/13239
Ludlow Brown: http://www.jpgmag.com/photos/4132/
Kevin Showell: http://www.jpgmag.com/photos/18596
Tuffer Harris: http://www.jpgmag.com/photos/2679
Jeri Peier: http://www.jpgmag.com/photos/478
Leonardo Baldenegro: http://www.jpgmag.com/photos/29172
Brian Josefowicz: http://www.jpgmag.com/photos/2476
Roberto Alemu: http://www.jpgmag.com/photos/660813
Malaika Weber: http://www.jpgmag.com/photos/312643
Laura Boston-Thek: http://www.jpgmag.com/photos/470742
Jean Pierre Vacherot: http://www.jpgmag.com/photos/557787
( ** Please note, that the pictures in the links above are not mine but those of the artists I named. If your picture is one of those above and you want me to remove the link, please PM me. ** )
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