Let’s face it. We all do it.

Show me a photographer and I will show you a self-portraitist.

Whether it’s ego, the desire to record a time in one’s life, or just the fun of taking an unusual picture, all photographers take self portraits. Some adopt the formal, camera on a tripod, delayed action wth studio lighting approach. Others the snap-bang-pray street variant. I am in the latter school.

Pictures speak louder than words so here are some bagged over the past years.

Victoria and Albert Museum, London, April, 1975. Leica M3, 50mm Elmar, TriX/D76

Eiffel Tower, Paris, September, 1977. Leica M3, 35mm Summaron, TriX/D76

Near Tombstone, Arizona. August 1996. Leicaflex SL, 50mm Summicron-R, Kodachrome 64

Cambria, California. June, 2006. Canon EOS 5D, 15mm Fisheye/ImageAlign, ISO 400

Alcatraz Gaol, California. March 2012. Nikon D700, 16-35mm @ 19mm.

As you can see, I can rarely deny a mirror or a shadow its dues. Vanity, vanity, vanity.