photos

I'm looking forward to seeing what Nathaniel's genius captured on camera, but last night I was talking to a friend of mine (who is such an inspiration to me through this process!) about having photos of ourselves pre-life change. I noticed on Facebook that angles and isolation are the bread and butter of photos of many fat people. A lot of us try to be so careful of how the camera captures us. Photos of just our faces, or chest up are abundant. And then there are those of us who are so camera-shy that few photos exist of us.

I'm glad I don't do this. There are a lot of photos of me that really capture not only what I look like, but the fun I was having in the moment, not worried about what the full-body picture is. But there are things I don't have. There are zero photos of me in a bathing suit. I don't have any of those cute group shots at the pool or any photos in a Little Black Dress, showing off with my friends.

So there's another reason for having Nate Morrissey do photos for me and another reason I'm enjoying this process.