I took these photos of myself to proove a point that no matter how people dress, or look - they are the same person. I have piercings (lip and tingue) and people in my church will judge me, in school I am labeled as a \'punk\' ... I hate labels and judgements.
Jesus I feel old *L* I'm still a punk, but man! I started at it when it was here first time around. Just for the record, what kids call Punk these days isn't anything like it was when I was young. It was raw and viceral back in the day and people seethed when you walked by. You'd never hear anything like the Pistols or the Kennedy's anywhere near the radio, total underground! These days secretaries use the Punk style and fashion from their Cosmo magazine liftouts. Total appropriated mediocrity... what an old fart, but true...
to ancer your ?? nop i lived most of my life in VA (in fact most of my famly is the tipcal red neck tipe) i just have a learning disablty that efets my ablity to spell and ther is nothing that can be dun about it at all i just have to live with it lol i graduated from Hallmark ins. of photo in MA. in 97 and a nether school for digtal retuching and resteration in 2000 here in VA i have also been in the army (hay i got bord one day lol) ho i told my modal that you liked her out fit she sed THANKS she got it at a stor called Gozoks i am going to be doing more sord stuff i hope soon just got to get wher every budys time fits THANKS for your coments on my photos i really aprshat it
If me saying that I do not like to be judged makes anyone uneasy- thats how it is. I will reject anything I do not like and I do not care how people perceive me as long as they do it through actually knowing me and not by taking one look at me. If who I am makes me seem like a bad person to someone, that someone has the problem - not me. Also, I am not speaking of past generations.. judgements have always been.
I like the photos and the way you displayed them, not trying to look your prettiest, letting people see the unadorned "you." Now about your comments--personal adornment is a language just like spoken words, and you have voluntarily chosen to say in that language that you reject certain of society's norms; you can't expect that people won't receive that communication that you are sending. Your message of rejection makes many people uneasy, and they may unreasonably respond as if you were some sort of "bad person." But youth rejecting the norms of the previous generation doesn't have to be a bad thing. If you demonstrate that you reject only the objectionable norms, eventually people will see the real you and respect you. So commit yourself to what you do don't reject, through community involvement, academics, artistic endeavors, or whatever is your talent (photography!), and people will be less put off by a little metal.
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