Art
This formal portrait of John Bigelow appeared in Harvard's class yearbook the year the Civil War began. For thousands of American families, a college yearbook was the only photograph they'd ever own of a young man—a keepsake they kept on the mantle or in a drawer for life.
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You sit stiffly for the photographer in your best dark coat, chin up, eyes forward. The camera takes long seconds to capture your image on glass and paper. Your mother will frame this. Your future wife, if you marry, will see it before she sees you.
Reflect
What photograph of yourself do you keep or share that feels like 'the real you'?