The self-portrait is a genre practiced by many artists.  The portrayal of self can take many forms.  With photography, mirrors can play a role, as can the photographer's shadow.  As a photojournalist, I try to avoid such obvious traces of myself in images.

Shooting into the sun while photographing the Desert Storm Veterans Memorial bridge in Bridgewater, Mass., I held out my hand to minimize lens flare.  Just for fun, I snapped this image that includes my hand.  A self-portrait of sorts.

The next day I photographed Alicia Genna (left) and Eric Baumann (right) leaving a Best Buy in Boston clutching their highly prized Xbox video games, as a bystander looked on.  The two "investors" waited in line all night in the rain to buy the season's hottest item in order to sell it on eBay.

Mr. Baumann was happy about his purchase, but I think he smiled broadly because I took repeated pictures as he walked out of the store.  Ms. Genna was focused on me.  The commotion captured a passersby's interest.  My flash brightly reflected off of the store's doorframe.  Could this be a self-portrait, too?