In December 1972 Melissa Shook (1939–2020) began a series of daily self-portraits in her Lower East Side apartment and continued it until August 1973. The complete series of 192 pictures is published here together for the first time. Working in medium format black and white against a white wall near the front windows of the living room, Shook photographed herself in a range of poses, building a fuller portrait than any single image could achieve; her daughter and the friends who filled her life often appear in the frame. "It was important to let my unconscious, rather than my intellect, dictate the progression," she said.