High School Yearbook

Everyone has their own memories about their high school experience. I was not particularly happy at that time in my life; I was anxious, shy, and uncomfortable in my own skin. I felt unable to meet the expectations that were requirements for being socially successful in high school. I wasn’t bullied or teased—I was just ignored. In this project I revisited that time from the perspective of where I am now. These pictures are not a real cohort of students; rather I selected them at random from the internet. Most of these people I never knew. I do not intend them to be nostalgic nor do they demonize the people portrayed. By looking at them objectively, I can see them from where I sit now and consider how I have progressed and where I need to go. I know I have changed. Whether or not they have I don’t know, and it doesn’t matter. I can see that they are just kids with the same fears and insecurities I had. I hope by looking, the viewer can think about how far, or not, they’ve come and how far they want to go.