Into the Light: Profile Photos in Profile

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Mundane to Magic: Re-Creating Profile Photos’ Inception

We’ve all done it. The arms-length self-portrait with face-blanching flash. And while these types of photos are ubiquitous in the online jungle, few have documented the moment of their conception.

via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2011/06/wolfram-hahn/

We’ve all done it. The arms-length self-portrait with face-blanching flash. And while these types of photos are ubiquitous in the online jungle, few have documented the moment of their conception. These untold origin stories are the subject of photographer Wolfram Hahn’s award-winning project, Into the Light.