SPECTRUM OF EMOTION PART II

In 2019, I completed my first series titled Spectrum of Emotion which is a creative arrangement of self-portraits that use colors to emphasize and represent several different kinds of emotions and human experiences.  The journey I have taken from 2019 to the present year of 2022 has been one of transformation.  I decided to continue the series, but make it about my own personal journey to finding and understanding myself.  Spectrum of Emotion Part II is an artistic documentation of my emotions.  It is  a series meant to document a very personal and vulnerable journey to self-discovery through emotional self-portraiture.  It is a story about me.  Every photo was taken during an inspired time when I felt the represented emotion very deeply, and then I documented that feeling in a creative way.  At times, it was very frustrating and mentally challenging to have the motivation to capture my emotions at the exact moment I felt them, but to get the most genuine result, I pushed through it and did the hard thing anyway.  This series not only documented my journey, but it also pushed me to grow in ways I’ve needed to for a long time.  I stepped outside of my comfort zone to show the most vulnerable parts of myself.  While taking these self-portraits, I did my best to embody the emotion I wanted to express in the photograph.  In a way, this helped me to truly feel the emotions I was dealing with, and then I was able to help myself move past them and turn that energy into something beautiful.

​Lizzie Smith, 2022