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“Take a surreal self-portrait”: Juno Calypso’s top picks from the Monthly Brief

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Date
22 September 2017
A close-up, distorted image of a person’s nose and lips is layered over a pink background with the repeated text “MONTHLY BRIEF TOP PICKS”. A yellow note is pinned to the front, reading “Assigned by Juno Calypso” and “Take a surreal self-portrait”.

Each month we’re inviting creatives from across the world to invent creative briefs which everyone, no matter your talents, can get involved in. At the end of week the best of the bunch are featured right here on It’s Nice That. A huge thanks to everyone who took part in our first Monthly Brief. Watch out this time next month for new creative challenge to get involved in.

For this month’s Monthly Brief, photographer Juno Calypso set you the challenge to “take a surreal self portrait”. Below, Juno picks out the shots that stood out most to her.

“There were over 350 uniquely strange entries. In the end I went for the ones that made me look twice; the ones that made me confused, mesmerised, or just creeped me out,” the photographer says.

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Two people hold hands in a tiled shower. One wears a leopard-print dress and bold makeup, while the other wears a transparent polka-dot raincoat and a small, fluffy headpiece.
A person lies back against a white surface with a clear plastic bag covering their face. One hand reaches up to hold the edge of the plastic.
A person wearing a white strapless dress and a large, fleshy, distorted mask with wide eyes. They stand in a field of tall, green grass.
A close-up of a person’s nose and lips seen through a distorted, transparent material. The surface creates warped reflections and ripples across the face.
A person with blonde hair has pale blue and white flowers adhered to their face, covering their nose and mouth. They are surrounded by bouquets of white, pink and green flowers.
A sculpture of a figure with a mass of fleshy, tubular limbs instead of legs stands in a garden. The figure holds a watering can, tending to plants in front of a light blue wooden summerhouse.
A black and white photograph of a figure lying face up on a dark, grassy field. The person wears a striped garment and looks towards the sky.

You can find all of the entries for this month right here.

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