A SHEET of blank paper, a supermarket till receipt, a printout of a student's DNA and a pensioner's video self-portrait are some of the intriguing ways in which people chose to express themselves, when given the opportunity to draw their self-portraits.

The Self-Portrait UK exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery (until January 20) gives an amazing insight into the way people see themselves. The exhibition includes 100 images, videos and artefacts from more than 5,0000 generated across the UK by Channel 4's UK-wide self-portrait campaign.

Muslim comedienne Shazia Mirza launched the exhibition, which includes many moving images by pupils from Levenshulme High School in Manchester and Grange School in Oldham.

Alongside the thousands of ordinary people who have contributed are a number of celebrities, including actress Jenny Agutter, poet Benjamin Zephaniah and broadcaster Jon Snow.

Self-Portrait UK is produced by production company Media 19 for Channel 4, with the National Protrait Gallery, Arts Council England and galleries throughout the UK. A new campaign, Self Portrait UK 14-19, has just been launched. Tweet