Autophotographic Individuality Predicts Creativity: A Seven-Year Follow-up

Approximately seven years after completing a photographic essay about the self, 44 adults were surveyed about their lives, current creative activities, and their work values. In accord with prediction, those who devised richer, more multidimensional and creative photo essays–the more individualistic — were engaged in more creative lifestyles as adults and rated creativity as a job value higher than their less individualistic peers. Thus, unique self-portrayals through photography were shown to have impressive predictive validity well beyond the college years.