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Isabella Rosario's avatar

I realized recently that I took fewer photos of myself in 2022 & 2023 because I felt subconsciously insecure ab/t weight gain. And so as a result, I didn’t have many photos w/ loved ones from that time. Like you, I’m resuming the archive. I just hide photos on my phone that I don’t want to see now, because they’re for my future self. Loved reading about how you’re negotiating your self-concept/desire to control your image

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Katherine's avatar

oh WOW, do I resonate with this. I was on FaceTime with my long-distance best friend yesterday, and she wanted to walk me through her camera roll since we'd last talked. she said she knew better than to ask me to share mine, as I never have enough storage on my outdated phone for photos, but while that is a factor in my bland camera roll, in truth, I haven't taken real pictures of myself in years. my instagram profile picture is from 2019, and I've never found another picture suitable enough to change it. I, too, decline when it's my "turn" to be photographed and wonder about the gaps in my life's archive where I've hidden from the camera. it's become more comfortable not to pose for a photo than to risk misrepresentation. I don't know the solution, but I will strive for that middle ground and resume the archive. we exist and might as well have proof that we do <3

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