Self Portrait is the story of the painting teacher Qin Sha, told in photos and the words of Qin Ha; about his youth, the changes in his family and in society.Director He Yi: ‘What I remember now is the material I was shown by a man who lived through several eras in China. In all this material I do not just read the story of the man and his family, I also learned something about the demands made on life in a society over a period of decades.