23rd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Artistic
Heze Spectrum

A single image from a series of self portraits, the image was made while I was horribly sick with the flu. Some of the mental struggle was the desire to create, and the inability to focus. In an attempt to study oneself through self-portraiture, The epiphany came and was understood that this is a moment of self.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 11.2025
Date Uploaded: 11.2025
Photo Location: Denver, Co, United States of America
Camera: ILCE-7M4
Copyright: © Trung Phan