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Detached

To express the feeling of being detached, I made this blurry and deformed self-portrait using mechanical slit-scan and artificial lighting (a white LED bulb). I wanted the eyes (and the brain) to be the farthest away as possible from the mouth.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 09.2020
Date Uploaded: 11.2020
Photo Location: São Paulo, Brazil
Copyright: © Arantxa Pellme