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Preparing for the ‘Artists protraits’ in March 2010

For the preparation of the in March I’m digging out my old     photographs in search for the meaningful self-portraits. There are dozens potentially interesting. Question is how to select.
There could be different ways of representing myself at the exhibition. I want to find one that is the most true.

I like using different methods for selecting photographs of myself. They all answer different needs I have.
For example I want to be liked, to be attractive, so I find portraits of me that show me this way.
Or I want to see me in relation to others, or where I’m coming from, so I look at photographs of my ancestors, my friends…
I start asking myself a question, what am I. What am I now, what am I in the future?
I include photographs of my children to the selected pile. It’s growing…

Then I only select images that are emotionally charged. It’s a different pile. Do I want it to be displayed? It’s highly personal. Will I have strength to separate “me” from an artist, overlooker, the curies investigator?