Something about this photo reminded me of Anna Karina, the most beautiful woman in the entire world. I know it sounds terrible to say that about a photo of myself, but in my defense, it doesn't really look like it's me in the picture!
I generally feel strangely detached from my "photo self". I can scrutinize a self portrait and find it pretty, beautiful and sometimes even sexy (weird, I know) - it just has very little to do with me. I don't know if it's my years of modeling that has created this detachment, all I know is that I see my photos as images created by me, featuring me, and yet I'm not the one being portrayed. Not really. The woman I see when I look in the mirror, that pale person with tired eyes, that's Annika. She's me. The one in the photos... She's someone I dress up and play with, like I doll whose face I paint to look a certain way and ask to express a specific emotion. I don't identify with her.
And that's why I can say "she reminds me of Anna Karina in this photo!", and still not walk around thinking "hey, I'm all that, I look a bit like the most beautiful woman in the world in a picture". But then again - if I did think that, I probably wouldn't tell you. :)
Am I making any sense at all right now? I'm not, am I? Okay, I'd better stop, then. I'm sort of freaking myself out.
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You look like a doll!:)You're so beautiful :):)
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I adore this picture. You're right, it looks really a bit like anna karina and it is so beautyful.
ReplyDeleteHoly cow, you seriously do look like her in that photo! Wow.
ReplyDeleteI totally get what you mean with being detached from your photo-self, or even just your body in general. Like that's not really you, and it only is a little window into your heart. And you choose what people can see...like it's not really you. Did that kinda sorta make sense? I hope so, haha.
I hope you're doing well! ♥ {hugs}
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This is the first time I leave a comment on your blog, even though I read it almost every day. I promise I'll try harder! I just have to say that you are so, so beautiful and I would kill to have your face! I have done some modeling myself and I have to tell you; you're not alone feeling detached from your own pictures. So do I. Sometimes I get stunned by myself (that sounds really odd) in a picture that has been taken for a magazine or something. It's not me! Not really. So yes, it does make sense. Much love, Maria
ReplyDeletei really relate to this! and you are beautiful! so beautiful.
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Kärlek <3
ReplyDeleteThis may be a weird comment, but that is actually the only thing I miss about your old blog. You used to post cellphone pictures and webcam pictures of yourself and those pictures somehow felt more personal, more like the real you.
ReplyDelete(not complaining about your photos here - they're lovely!)
Omg. Amazing!
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I loved reading your words - honest as always <3 - and I totally understand that!
ReplyDeleteAnd yeah, you do look like her! But you're a gorgeous girl on your own <3
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The similarities are impeccable! You are both such stunning ladies. By the way, I might have to say that picture of you is definitely one of my favorites.
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I function in similar ways. Sure I consider myself pretty but mainly when I make an effort to cover up those darks rings under my eyes and my redish skin. when I wake up and I compare that very first glimpse of myself in the bathroom mirror in the mornings with some of my self/portraits, it is almost confusing to consider it is the same person.
ReplyDeleteAnyway. you are a stunning beauty.
you make perfect sense. actors & actresses do/think the same thing, when they see themselves onscreen or in magazines. at least that's what they say in interviews. so that girl can look like anna karina, & you can look however you see yourself. or not. it's up to you. isn't it?
ReplyDeleteWell, I'm for one see the similarites. I also think I know what you mean... When people tell me their impression of me I often wonder who the hell they are talking about. Cause it sure ain't me. Xoxo
ReplyDeleteI think you look a bit like her (or she looks a bit like you:))
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Agreed - I don't think it's self idolation - you could look similar to just about anyone - and being similar to Anna is no crime!
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i see some resemblance. u are beautiful and so is she. love that photo of yours :)
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you look great;)
ReplyDeleteWe get what you mean!!! you are beautiful doll!!!
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ReplyDeleteYou really look like her in these pictures, and not only in that specific photo! You are very beautiful in every picture! :D
ReplyDeleteI would agree with anonymous. A while ago you did a post about what makes a good blog. I wrote a long response but then deleted it, but I think I will say it now. I hope this is ok.
ReplyDeleteIm not convinced that professional photos are necessary in a blog and sometimes they can be a hinderance. The more professional a photo looks, the more I feel like it could be in a magazine. I read blogs for inspiration and connection. Photos of someone in an awesome outfit who looks like a real person make me feel like I can know you and that I can look awesome too. But photos like on sea of shoes which are beautiful but without writing dont engage me anywhere near as much.
I enjoy your outfits, but I am here for you. Your writing and your styling, how you express yourself and I do think that it would be cool to see photos of you where you look how you expect yourself to look. These are merely thoughts though and I may be very strange for sometimes preferring the photos taken in front of a mirror to the super professional shots of many blogs.
OrigamiGirl, I don't think you're strange at all. And I would personally have no problem whatsoever with posting webcam/cell phone photos, I've done that for years - I've simply decided that this is a blog where I showcase my style and my photography as well as my personal thoughts, feelings and opinions, without having the need to prove to my readers how "real" I am. Because yes, that was partly why I used to post Photobooth pics of myself on my last blog: I was so afraid of being called vain, shallow, superficial (which, in fact, I was called every time I posted a photo more like the ones I post on this blog). But that said, it's not like I have anything against those kinds of photos, and I'll keep in mind that at least two of my readers enjoy them! :)
ReplyDelete(Actually, I have a post scheduled for tomorrow with - tadaa! - a photo taken in the mirror!)
You look so much alike! I was gonna say maybe you are her reincarnation but then I realized she's still alive! Haha! Or maybe your mom fancied her while she's pregnant with you that's why you ended up looking like her. I have such weird theories, eh? :)
ReplyDeleteWhy don't you take a photo of you with no makeup then? I'm sure you would be just as beautiful, as in this photo.
ReplyDeleteI adore you style by the way. It's awsome dude!
First of all I must say that you look incredibly beautiful in the picture.
ReplyDeleteBut now to the point, I think it's good that you can detach the real you from the "photo you". I think if more people, especially women, could do that they would see how beautiful they really are.
And oh, one more thing; You are such an inspiration! Just had to say that.
Åh, men du har helt rätt! Du är väldigt lik Anna Karina på den bilden. Och så är det helt sant att hon är världens vackraste. Hon ska upp på min nya vägg när jag flyttat, ja det ska hon minsann!
ReplyDeleteI think what makes a great model is being able to portray any image, whatever that may be. If you portray Anna Karina in your photos then you are doing a wonderful job :-) Even if you may see yourself differently, whatever that may be, you are still beautiful and I love your blog :-)
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