Using R. C. Ziller's (1990) method of autophotography, the authors studied the duality of relatedness and individuality. A total of 226 young adults used photos (and words) to portray "who they are." Photo essays were scored for objective codes (e.g., people touching) and subjectively rated for individuality (richness of self-depiction). As predicted, persons who emphasized their personal rather than social identity depicted greater individuality; relatedness was associated with social and collective identity. Other results replicated earlier gender differences in relatedness and associations of individuality and relatedness with the 5-factor model. In the 2nd wave of the sample, individuality was associated with higher ego development, maturity, and self-directed values; low individuality was associated with restrictive conformity and security values. The authors suggest that the combination of individuality and relatedness is optimal for human development.Autobiographical and self-narrative methods have become increasingly popular in contemporary psychology (e.g., Baumeister & Newman, 1994;Howard, Maerlender, Myers, & Curtin, 1992;McAdams, 1985), and one such method, the autophotographic essay, has considerable promise for revealing new insights about personality and social psychology (Ziller, 1990). Our purpose in the present study is to extend recent work with this method to shed light on the relationship between individuality and social connection or relatedness (Franz

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