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The most inspirational photographer for me, so far, is Nan Goldin and her pure photographs of people around her. I've been thinking more about self-portraits and how to make them into autobiographies - "A picture speaks a thousand words" 


Real people in real situations is something that I like to think about when taking a portrait, when I was in the shower before, I thought, this is me at my purest self. It's the place we are ourselves completely, we can't hide any of our imperfections, we are naked, we have no make up on, our hair is wet, we don't pretend or lie to ourselves in the shower. We sing, we think, we have that short period of time to ourselves, without any disturbances. Me and probably most people, think about the biggest life decisions and solve the mysteries of the world in the shower. I feel the shower is an extremely important place in our lives. I feel sorry for people who don't have a shower and need to take baths, they're not the same, not for me anyway I just get too hot in a bath and feel like sleeping. Where as in the shower, we clean ourselves but intuitively so we don't need to think about that because we have done it so many times before that it just comes naturally. Maybe it's the sound of the water? Maybe it's the way it feels? I don't know but shower is definitely my favourite time of day. 

While thinking about all that shower stuff when having one, I was also listening to music on my phone so I took a picture of myself, at my pure self, in the shower, where I am me. 





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