# @williamslenses on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DPpaWjhD6yP
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/35535110-williamslenses-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/7e443609eb.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-10-10T23:24:44.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** WILLIAMSLENSES (@williamslenses) — https://gondola.cc/williamslenses

## Caption

35mm self-portraits, 2022 📸
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I occupied a studio space my freshman year which was (as I found out, sorry Will and Kiley, but also thank you for letting me be a freshman who didn’t understand 😅) an interesting and cultivated temporary space/installation. It was a site I used greatly for self-portraiture as I explored identity and shifting perspectives during my first year pursuing my BFA.
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Film fascinated me, as it always has, but so did hyper-political themes. It seemed like the post-COVID world inspired that in me and the world around me—looking to symbols and iconography. Playing with masking and revealing what was behind or in front. Illuminating myself on a light box. I have a thing for light boxes again. 💡
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I reference this work again because as I create daily, I feel like I’m back in this place with a renewed willingness to create. ✨ It’s not simply because it is flowing more easily, but because I missed the safety, or more specifically, the call to action that this period afforded me.
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A sense of urgency is quite important to me as an artist. Tracking my time in the studio feels necessary and personally militant. ⏰ How do you keep on track? When do you feel most inspired to create, both in and outside of the studio walls? 🤔
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Endless love, ~WrH
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#35mm #SelfPortrait #FilmPhotography #BFA #StudioArt #ArtistProcess #QueerArt #LightBox #ArtInstallation #CreativeUrgency #Analog

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lightbox, selfportrait, filmphotography, 35mm, analog, artinstallation, creativeurgency, artistprocess, queerart, bfa, studioart

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