Mesías Lema, José MaríaCalviño Santos, Guillermo Francisco2025-01-302025-01-302022Mesías-Lema, J. M., & Calviño-Santos, G. (2022). Self-portrait in the photo booth: self-representation in the selfie era, a Photo-based Educational Research Project. "Visual Studies", 37(1–2), 54–68. https://doi.org/10.1080/1472586X.2021.20143541472-586Xhttps://hdl.handle.net/10347/39338This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Visual Studies on 2022, available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/1472586X.2021.2014354This visual essay is the result of an inquiry that analyses the selfie with students in the art teacher training programme in the Faculty of Education. These students are familiar with the selfie in a recreational context, in which the result and the aesthetics of the immediate prevail, overlooking elements of the photographic act. The visual experimentation triggered by the limitations of this strongly standardised and automated process is a challenge for young people. The results show a great capacity for visual reflection and denote a deep critical sense. The aim of this artistic research is to slow down the act of self- portraiture and to make it a more conscious process. The methodology of this Photo-based Educational Research is based on transforming the classroom into an artistic laboratory. For this purpose, a visual, experimental and theoretical research proposal is designed. The empirical part involves a photographic project that establishes the use of the photo booth as a technical condition. The theoretical dimension consist of the study of contemporary artistic references that consider the self-portrait and the selfie as a central theme.eng© 2022 International Visual Sociology AssociationSelf-portraitSelfiePhoto-based Educational ResearchVisual CultureArtistic identityAutorretratoSelfieInvestigación Educativa Baseada en FotografíaCultura VisualIdentidade artística58 Pedagogía5802 Organización y planificación de la educaciónjournal article10.1080/1472586X.2021.20143541472-5878restricted access