Photo – a present to yourself

Sift through all the photos of you from the past year. Choose one that best captures you; either who you are, or who you strive to be. Find the shot of you that is worth a thousand words. Share the image, who shot it, where, and what it best reveals about you.
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Okay. There. A picture of me, from November 2010.

Look, I hate pictures of myself. I never feel like any of them "capture me" in any way, shape or form. This one, through tricks with camera angle and lighting, looks the most like the me I envision myself being. You can't see my tummy, you can't see my teeth, you can't see all the other myriad of flaws that usually bug the heck out of me about myself. And my hair is behaving itself. I look happy, and healthy, and thinner than I actually am. Is that deceptive? I don't know, and I don't really care.

Who shot it, and where, really has no bearing. It was a headshot, taken specifically for the purpose of showing to other people who want to see me.

There aren't, in my opinion, any pictures of me that are worth a thousand words. So... Alright, I give, I'm copping out here. But dammit, photos? I fucking hate photos. Grr!