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“ What was I made for? ”
The title of this week's photo is also the title of a song from a scene near the end of the Barbie movie. The question arose for me when I was exploring memory in the making of the previous weeks' photo.

Here we have younger versions of me disintegrating and dispersing into the very ...
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  • Troy Shiels Edited 9 months ago

    I've always wanted to try disintegration and this seemed the perfect week. To get the attached self portrait I was sat close enough to the lens to use my camera's flip… more

    I've always wanted to try disintegration and this seemed the perfect week. To get the attached self portrait I was sat close enough to the lens to use my camera's flip out touch screen and was side lit from a single continuous light. The younger versions of me were sourced from my parent's photos. The cracks were obtained from a photo by Matt Palmer on Unsplash. I also learned the Liquify filter in Photoshop. For anyone interested in disintegration, the tutorial I worked through may be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UymUUGVflzI.

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  • Bill Chojnowski Edited 3 months ago

    Superbly done, Troy.

    Superbly done, Troy.

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  • Sarah Haney Edited 9 months ago

    There's so much amazing stuff going on in this photo- I love it!  The disintegration is really well done on its own, but the addition of the cracks takes it up… more

    There's so much amazing stuff going on in this photo- I love it!  The disintegration is really well done on its own, but the addition of the cracks takes it up another level, as do the younger versions of you.  Great lighting, too.

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  • Richard Lisle Edited 9 months ago

    This is a really cool concept and so well executed. Adding the photos of your younger self in the explosion is pure genius. I often find the disintegration technique a… more

    This is a really cool concept and so well executed. Adding the photos of your younger self in the explosion is pure genius. I often find the disintegration technique a bit kitsch, but I have to say this is the best I have seen because of all the extra artistic elements you've included.

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