SHE (self-portrait)

Artist: Kerry McFarland
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SHE (self-portrait)

Thank you all for your support of this image. It’s a bit scary to put these things out there, and I really appreciate all the comments it’s gotten.

This is truly about me – where I’ve come from as a girl, and what I’ve gone through as a woman. I think it’s an image that many can relate to in some way, and as mentioned in some comments, it hits nerves. Rather than explain the photo, I’ll leave it up to the viewer. I think it may mean something different to each individual that looks at it. I don’t want to take that from you. To me, it has an important message. See what you can get from it, and I hope it will benefit you in some way.

SHE (self-portrait) belongs to the following groups:

ART ACTION UNION - CREATIVE ACTIVISM, Black and White Photography, The Fine Art of Photography and Theatrical and Staged Photography

Paul Vanzella, 11 months ago

Love this – it’s like you have reached into yourself and pulled this image out… great work indeed!
Kerry McFarland, 11 months ago

What a compliment, thank you…very much appreciated!
claire jones, 11 months ago

wow, i love this.very fine art.
botanicfanatic, 11 months ago

Disturbing and stimulates so many questions for me… have you put this experience into words, like in a story or essay? I’ve read a lot of stories where being mute or feeling voiceless is a theme and it interests me. Would love to read it if you have.
Kerry McFarland, 11 months ago

Haven’t written anything about it, Alison. I am a woman of (sometimes) too many words, but w/my photography I enjoy being able to leave the words out. It was something I created to address myself and my background. I had thought up something a little simpler and it sat in my head for a while, then it kind of took itself over and became what it is today. I’ll think about commenting on it in the description in the future…do you think it needs that?
fernando, 11 months ago

Thanks for the inspitation. Gotta add a new twist(ed) approach to my photo vision.
I feel like a vouyer.
oisin, 11 months ago

Made me take a breath, really unsettling but great.
WitheringMoon, 11 months ago

LOVE this Kerry, wonderful work!!!
Kerry McFarland, 11 months ago

Thanks WM
Deborah Parkin, 11 months ago

wow! what an amazing shot – shocking (in a good way) – intense – claustraphobic – brilliant!
Kerry McFarland, 11 months ago

Wow, thank you Deborah.
AlienVisitor, 11 months ago

Exellent,very haunting,yet sensuous.
Kerry McFarland, 11 months ago

Thank you for the positive feedback. Very much appreciated!
Michael Lane, 11 months ago

Fantastic shot Kerry. The black and white works reall well and I love the focus. Great work!
Kerry McFarland, 11 months ago

Thanks MLane!
Antoine Dagobert, 11 months ago

Great work Kerry..Nice concept too!love it
Kerry McFarland, 11 months ago

Thank you for the support Antoine.
Alan Rodmell, 11 months ago

Like the concept – Nice setting and composure. Keep up the good work
Kerry McFarland, 11 months ago

I’ll try!!!! Thanks Arodmell!
EarthquakeBee, 11 months ago

Damn yes, what a good capture, and concept and execution. The isolation, solitude, mutism like if it’s forced… yet a beautiful image.
Kerry McFarland, 11 months ago

Wow…thank you, EarthquakeBee. Really cool comment.
EarthquakeBee, 10 months ago

Technical stuff is not my thing. It’s my eyes and heart which watch things. And I like what you do.
Kerry McFarland, 10 months ago

Awwwwe!!! Thanks EarthquakeBee…you flatter! I’m really not a technical photographer either. I can be when needed, but first and foremost I follow my soul.
Denny Hill, 10 months ago

love this…love your portfolio!:)
Kerry McFarland, 10 months ago

Thank you Shaytay!!!!
Deri Dority, 10 months ago

Beautiful artwork. So full of expression.
Matt Turve, 10 months ago

So Lonely… but So Beautiful…
David Cortez, 10 months ago

Wow you are sexy and scary lol
Kerry McFarland, 10 months ago

Thank you Derid, Matt, and David (although am I really that scary ;-), for your kindness and for just looking. Very much appreciated.
Rich Gale, 10 months ago

this is super image I do find it quiet disturbing, it must push the right buttons to create this response. Its alos very well captured. super work keep it up.
Rich.
Kerry McFarland, 10 months ago

Thanks, Rich!
Louise Cooke, 10 months ago

Yes, I find this disturbing too…but it’s meant to be and you’ve portrayed that so very well – especially with the empty gaze. It scares me to think what you might have gone through. I hope it helps your healing..really fascinating work :)
Catalin Soare, 10 months ago

Disturbing yes, fascinating and beautiful,,,no more words
mayuphoto, 10 months ago

I can be that way sometimes – sometimes too much thinking and noise around the world so I stop talking but just feeling what’s inside of me, the voice from the heart – all mixed voices from loneliness, selfish, love, hurt, fear, power, passion… oh I wanted to say that the image is just wonderful!
Monster, 10 months ago

Excellent shot! So meaningful
Charles McKean, 10 months ago

Fab
Alejandro Valle, 10 months ago

Powerful picture. I know you would rather not explain, still I am very curious. A haunting image of a doll like person unable to speak, tucked away somewhere, perhaps waiting to be born, frozen somewhere in space, yet connected very much to earth. Silent but it cries out.
Adela Hriscu, 10 months ago

Congrats for the idea, original and well executed!
Sean Farragher, 10 months ago

disturbing,powerful picture
Casey Herman, 10 months ago

I guess you’ve said it all, we’ll just leave the mystery to tickle the curiosity … and it’s just an excellent shot – with and/or without any explanations. Sometimes words take more than a thousand words, eh?!
Kye Valongo, 10 months ago

Wow, well done!
imageworld, 10 months ago

awesome picture
brianjarvis, 9 months ago

Just love it.
MtnMan, 9 months ago

Your like a mute fetus with sexual undertones in this. I like.
Loredana Crupi, 9 months ago

Very powerrful image Kerry …really resonates with me… “Look pretty and shutup”

Well done!
gordontant, 9 months ago

Wicked photo, really well taken
Jessica Tremp, 9 months ago

what a wonderful image, so violent yet so soft
Suzanne German, 9 months ago

Kerry – this is haunting and sinister – I think the beauty of the woman coupled with the tapped mouth and the expressionless almost dead-looking eyes – very moving and sad.
Lumineux, 9 months ago

An incredibly powerful & thought provoking image. The raw pain & struggle is palpable, something many of us can identify with, whatever our gender.
BySilent, 9 months ago

Very interesting introspective work. Wonderful shot
petelangman, 9 months ago

powerful image..
Paul Tupman, 9 months ago

Wow.. a self portrait that says so much… there is so much that you can read into this image. I’m sure it says a lot of different things to each of us!
Mundy Hackett, 9 months ago

Poignant, technically well executed, very lovely work here and kudos to you for putting it out there!
GracefulShadow, 9 months ago

A very touching piece.
I wish you every strength and support on your journey to freedom.
We all have to walk it in one way or another to truely come to life.
Antanas, 9 months ago

interesting work…
Bridgett Ferguson, 8 months ago

beautifully haunting portrait! :)
Mister, 8 months ago

I like.
Victor(Vic) Be..., 8 months ago

amazing concept and realise !
love the B&W !
LocoCow, 7 months ago

Sometimes we all feel trapped. Inside the words race through our minds but never excape our tongues. Untill the moment passes. Claustrophobia of the soul lashes out at men as it does women…. We are all inside from time to time…
andrewmay, 7 months ago

beautiful silence
in this image
gives lots to think about
Thomas Dodd, 6 months ago

I always try to refrain from commenting on my images for the same reason. The best art can have 5 different people look at it and they will have 5 different interpretations!
John Douglas, 6 months ago

excellant shot and the softness of it only adds to its power
Snoboardnlife, 3 months ago

This is a fantastic photo
brianjarvis, about 1 month ago

Im bound to say this is interesting! ( pun intended)