TWO SELF-PORTRAITS: FROM MARTIROS SARYAN TO MARINA LAZARUS

There is no self-portrait of me.
Gustav Klimt

Self-portrait in the spiderwebbed mask @Marina Lazarus 

Painting by the world-renowned Armenian painter Martiros Saryan

 ''Self-Portrait with the mask (1933). 

Source of the image: https://www.wikiart.org/.../self-portrait-with-mask-1933

 Everyone thinks these are self-portraits but they aren't meant to be. I just use myself as a model because I know I can push myself to extremes, make each shot as ugly or goofy or silly as possible.
Cindy Sherman, American photographer: 
 

My self-portrait is my mask. I hide my feelings sometimes, but I love feeling the Cosmos. Maybe one day, after death, I won't need the mask anymore.
Marina Lazarus

Hellas, 12/09/2025