A Strange Love Affair with Ego is a feature-length documentary about the human love affair with our ego. Driven by her own fascination for her sister’s big ego, filmmaker Ester Gould sets out to unravel a both classic and current theme: self-admiration and ego. How does self-esteem work? How do we balance the scale of self-love? This essayistic film intertwines the director’s off-screen narrative with observational scenes and interviews. It looks at ego in different stages of life, from childhood to adulthood, from the vast Scottish countryside to eclectic London and star-struck L.A. The film takes us on a journey past various stages in the development of the ego and challenges us to think about our own love relationship with ourselves.
I worked as DOP and still photographer for the film. The stills have been published in a variety of film and newspapers and been used in the promotional material of the film.