Self-Portrait
Supported by Jerome Foundation
Self-Portrait is a software search for the artist’s face among the millions contained in the photos uploaded to www.flickr.com. The project’s site displays three photos: 1) an ever-changing photo that depicts what is currently being evaluated by Self-Portrait’s facial recognition software; 2) the most recent photo that was identified as containing a face. (The software often misses seeing faces and occasionally misidentifies an inanimate object as a face.); and 3) the most recent photo that has a high probability of depicting Ethan Ham (the artist). Clicking on this photo allows viewing earlier photos that were found to contain Ethan.
TAXONOMY
Flickr | Identity | Net Art | Performative | Real Time | Search | Self-Portrait | Software | Surveillance
REQUIREMENTS
Flash Player. Browse the archive.
MEDIA & ACHIEVEMENTS
PRC P.O.V. at BU’s Photographic Resource Center | New England Journal of Aesthetic Research
Big picture, small space – The Boston Globe
PHOTOGRAPHY NOW AND THE NEXT 30 YEARS | PRC P.O.V. Catalog
PHOTOGRAPHY NOW AND THE NEXT 30 YEARS | PRC P.O.V. EDU Guide