I am the Girl
I photograph myself
Trying to capture moments of instances in which I feel
Beautiful,confident, strong; even if for just a single frame.
Just the same as every other face in a crowd of misleading photographs taken by the individual.
Yet, they hide behing layers of Photoshop and filters,
Levels of brightness and whitened teeth.
Underneath all of these things, are the
Individuals, in their purest form, struggling to form themselves into
What society has deemed "beautiful".
But, I am the girl who forces herself to resist the creation of a
Photograph in which even I cannot recognize myself in.
I am the girl whom is
Simply drowning in the vast sea of photographs of such individuals whom cannot
Seem to find themselves in.
I am the girl who refuses to capture a moment that displays
More happiness than which I am capable of demonstrating.
I am the girl who cannot praise of others of their forged photographs and their
Lack of realism.
I am aware of the capabilities of producing the "perfect" photograph of an individual.
However, this is a production I must restrain myself from being involved in
For I must begin the translation of what society defines beauty as, because
It should not be what you can create with technology.
I am the girl who has decided that
The perfect photograph of an individual must show the imperfections
In order to show that the imperfect human is most beautiful.