Itek-Craig06
© 1991 Craig Ashby
Photograph
10″ x 10″

Again at the negative of yesterday’s positive self-portrait of myself, Craig Ashby. Once again, adding another layer of texture to an otherwise simple image.

A ball chain necklace and lots of stains abound. I think at the time that necklace had one of those mustard seeds in lucite. I still look for one of those necklaces to this day. If you ever see one take a picture and send it to me, I have wanted to purchase one for some time.

Another impressive thing about this series is how much I connect with myself in them. Frequently in pictures I find myself unable to relate to the person in the photograph. It seems terribly disconnected from how I imagine myself or how I would like to imagine myself.

I don’t mean that I dislike my hair or think I am overweight or that nonsense. But in candids, I just see the scenario and myself as a player in that scene. It’s very disconnected from me, the essential idea of me.

These photographs aren’t. They are both the reality and my own imaginings. Even the least successful is more powerful than most of the candids of me I have seen.