It can make you sad to look at pictures from your youth. So there's a trick to it. The trick is not to look at the later pictures.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Media images are so important to young people feeling positive about themselves.
It's funny looking at yourself. You know how it is when you look back at old pictures? It's just funny looking back at yourself walking and talking at age 14.
When you are 18, 19, 20, you're used to being photographed all the time, in a certain way. So, the narcissism becomes almost out of control. And the way that young women are photographed, they become addicted to this feedback of the image.
I still love to look at photographs but I couldn't do it myself anymore.
I kept hiding my smile in pictures throughout middle school and most of high school until picture day came my senior year.
I get a lot from all young people. I make movies for young people. If I made pictures for people my age, no one would see them. I hang with young people all the time.
With my pictures, what I hope is that it encourages the reader to imagine more pictures of his own.
I never want to make a child worried or afraid, and I don't think I do. My pictures are born from the belief that children are far more capable and aware of social complexities than we give them credit for.
I think it's important to try to get on a kid's level when taking their photo.
Kids love to look at pictures of themselves.