Student’s photo-texts as a pretext for reflection and constructing photographic self-portraits

Abstract

Photography – as a visual medium – becomes an important tool for self-expression and identity con-struction, which creates an opportunity to deepen the self-awareness of young people. The article presents the results of visual qualitative research with the participation of students of pedagogy. As part of the research project, the autophotography technique was used, consisting in the independent production of visual materials by research participants. The aim of the research was to learn about the possibilities that photography creates in terms of creating one's own image and to broaden the knowledge of whether it can become an element of building an attitude of reflectivity in the context of self-perception. The research part presents selected self-presentations of students in the form of photographic self-portraits.

In the course of the analysis, certain categories of photo texts were also distinguished according to their characteristic features (reflective, mosaic, self-creative).