The whole process was a profound (almost existential) expression of individual identity: a sort of personal confrontation with the canvas. (visual-arts-cork.com)
These self - portraits also represent the artist's personal confrontation with the politics of race in the history of photography. (wavehill.org)
Coogan's Raymond is surprisingly unaggressive, someone of strong convictions and supreme self - confidence but who avoids personal confrontation. (empireonline.com)