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Interface anti/portrait 2007-2008. 341. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Initially, without access to a camera, Atkin documented her skin and body on whatever means necessary. Created using a flatbed document scanner, this image series explores the conflict between the portrait and the anti-portrait and the transformative possibilities of the face and skin. Over a year, more than 1200 anti self-portraits were generated through a deliberately repetitive and compulsive physical process using materials such as clay, milk, soil, hair, wine, ink and acrylic paint. Each image is the result of a unique 15 second performance against the glass.