ABSTRACT
Images of beauty The photographs above are of the same student. Each image represents a different aspect of the same character. The image on the left represents how the student would most like to be seen, positive, calm and physically attractive. The image on the right represents how the student would least like to be seen, disfigured, in pain and physically repulsive. Many people edit images of themselves before they are passed around or placed into a photographic album. People often destroy images that they feel do not portray themselves in a positive way. We are drawn to the image on the right because of its visual impact but we are shocked to learn that the image on the left is of the same student. We do not expect that a single individual has the capacity to be both beautiful and ugly, yet in reality we all feel these reactions to our own image at different times, depending on our state of mind, our physical well-being and the manner in which the camera has captured our likeness.
