The Human Condition 01

I made this self-portrait in response to the 'Be A CopyCat With the DarkRoom' challenge. My inspiration was the portrait by Marc Quinn entitled 'Self' in the National Portrait Gallery, London. Here is a link https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw138260/Marc-Quinn-Self.

Please feel free to comment.

[moni kozi]

I love your response to the original. The original is quite disturbing. i like your version much better. More humane. I also like the idea of the selfie with closed eyes.

[Andrew-Bede Allsop]

@monikozi Thank you for your feedback, I appreciate it & am pleased you like it. It took me a lot of time post-processing to get the greyness that the original has but also to get some colour in (applying some vignetting & bokeh also helped in that). As the original has a rough texture to the skin so I tried to replicate that with heavy grain.

[JackieR]

I find the original most disturbing, sat mouldering away in a perspex box. This is a fabulous interpretation and thank you for joining in!!

[Andrew-Bede Allsop]

@30pics4jackiesdiamond Thank you for your lovely comments, pleased you like it.

[thedarkroom]

This is a terrific interpretation. I like the bare hints of color. Nicely done. Thanks for participating with us.

[Andrew-Bede Allsop]

@thedarkroom thanks for your kind comments, pleased you like it.