Narcissism

The word narcissism comes from the greek myth about the man Narcissus. It is a story about how he stumbled upon his reflection in a pool of water, not knowing that is was himself he was seeing he fell in love with the figure in the water and being unable to leave it, he died. The word is now used to describe those with excessive selfishness or obsessed with their own looks. It can be used lightly about a person who for example, wears to much makeup. Which is where I got the idea for this photograph. Nothing serious with these images, I was just having a play around to see what sort of outcome I could produce. Self portrait: one side of my face covered in make up and the other side totally bare. Representing the selfishness and selflessness side of a myself.