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 * Title:** Emerge
 * Artist:** VladimirBorowicz
 * Medium:** Photography
 * Link:** [|**http://vladimirborowicz.deviantart.com/art/Emerge-109708161**]

I had a difficult time choosing a photograph to represent subject but I thought this one was interesting as it is a self-portrait. The artist and the subject are the same, which always adds an interesting component when viewing a piece of work. The title of the work “Emerge” along with the composition of the photograph suggest that this is representative of some sort of coming out or allowing himself to be exposed and vulnerable. Perhaps he is emerging from a past personality and growing into someone new. The fact that he is naked, but his clothes are scattered at his feet suggest he has just taken them off which could metaphorically represent the shedding of his old skin. Similarly this can be applied to the fact that he is shaving his head, removing what was once part of him and perhaps what was sheltering him, keeping him from emerging or growing. Had I not known this was a self-portrait I don’t know if I’d have come to the same interpretations about the piece. For example, had this been a shot of someone other than the photographer I could have seen it be someone getting ready for a show, shaving his head, the makeup under his eyes and the high heels by his feet all clues. I wouldn’t have looked at things as metaphorically. There is something mysterious about this photograph that I can’t quite pinpoint. Perhaps it is the mysteriousness of this man growing into a new person, an unknown being.
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