I've always thought that almost every photo we take is, in its own way, a self portrait. It reveals something about who we are - an interest, a friend, our family, something we find beautiful or intriguing or interesting, something that makes us who we uniquely are. Sometimes those photos are more revealing than anything that might be traditionally called a self portrait, no matter how much of our face or body - or both - it shows.
So .. who am I?

Black leather jacket, black jeans, black turtleneck, black sunglasses. Another uniform I wear. It's what the world sees. But underneath all that - sometimes - there is something else, something hidden that's not revealed to just anyone. It is softer than the black and leather, maybe more vunerable - definitely private. The public and the private. We are all dichotomies.

I am ... leather and lace.

The alternate shot:


I Am also ...