How many pictures do you have of your former self?

[Nero]

I never allowed pictures of myself to be taken. I have just a few pictures to show for a lifetime. Now, that I've changed so much, I feel bad about this.
How about you?

[Zelane]

I have a few from when I was little and just only a couple in the teens. I always wondered why I HATE it to have my picture taken.

Now I know, and im destroying those pictures little by little.

[Miniar]

I voted "Tons" even if technically... "I" don't have them.
They are in the hands of friends and family for the most part.
I've always been camershy, but what can I say, I'm the sort of person that stays knowingly in the closet for years just to "not upset people".. so obviously, I don't prevent my picture from being taken, even if I hate it.

[sd]

I allowed as few as possible.

[V M]

I also allowed as few as possible. The few pic.s of my evil twin may scare the hell out of you.

[cindianna_jones]

I don't have any.  I only have a handful of myself as I am now.  I hate seeing myself in a picture AND I'm usually the one taking pictures.  So, as a result, there aren't too many of me in either incarnation in existence. 

Cindi

[finewine]

I also hate having my pic taken.  I don't like how I look in pics - not because of any dysphoria, just because I'm an ugly bastard.  In my case, it's vanity

[Northern Jane]

I have none. My parents had none - I took care of that when I was about 15. The only pictures that escaped the purge were in the hands of other people or the ones of me en femme.

[Cindy]

I don't have many.

I have from when I was about 5-7, going to my first communion, wearing boy clothes and looking totally feminine with curly blonde hair. (No longer alas). Another when I was leaving home for University, the last time I lived there, I'm wearing girls pants, a tight purple sweater, a pushup  bra and my hair was curled in a page boy look. I'd already been banned from being female by my M&D, hadn't realised I managed to sneak this one in. Probably they hadn't realised until it was developed, yes folks pre digital. You had develop pics. Strange world.

Cindy

[Janet_Girl]

I have maybe a handful of my evil twin, mostly when I was younger.  My ex has a couple.  But I never really like my picture being taken.  I always looked so sad in them.  Gee I wonder why? 


Janet

[Teknoir]

TONS!

Family were camera happy. Ex was SUPER camera happy (I have pics of used ash trays and blown light globes... yay digital).

I hate having photos taken, but I always want to see them. It's like looking at a car crash. Becides, I like the pics of other people, I like to remember the events of the past, and I like to see how far I've come.... in an odd sort of way.

[K8]

I've got tons (or at least a lot).  Culling my photo collection is real low on my priority list at this point.   And most of them are safely stored away in severl boxes that are who-knows-where.  I figure I'll dig some out in the dead of some winter for a good laugh.

- Kate

[tekla]

All of them.  I never get rid of stuff like that.  Its the history, no matter if I like them or not.  But I tend to take the pictures, so there are fewer of me then the people around me.

[sneakersjay]

Lots.  Most from childhood and college, not so much from adulthood, as I was usually the one behind the camera.

While on vacation the kids and I were looking at pics on the computer from past vacations.  In one I was driving the RV with a dog on my lap.  My son says, Oh my G*d you were a WOMAN!!  And we all cracked up.


Jay

[Sarah Louise]

Most of the pictures of me were taken by my parents when I was young (0-12) after that I pretty much avoided cameras.  My wife has a few from our vacations, but usually I held the camera and of course the wedding pictures (I haven't been allowed to destroy them).

And since my transition my wife hasn't wanted to take any pictures, so there are only a few that I took myself.  I'm not good at posing for self pictures.

Sarah L.

[Nathan.]

I also hate having my pic taken.  I don't like how I look in pics - not because of any dysphoria, just because I'm an ugly bastard.  In my case, it's vanity

Same here I only have a few pics of me before, the only difference is hair length though at the moment

[Jay]

I have lots of pictures of me before transition. I love taking photos, and my ex & I used to take them all the time. I am not ashamed, of my twin or my past in that regard I just wont be putting them up for other people to see.

Jay

[Silver]

Hate having pictures taken by my parents. They still have a collection. However I am keeping track of my development on my own. I can't memorize how I look (and even if I can, there are better things to do.) The way I see it, it may be disappointing to see myself now but the only reason I tolerate it is because I have a firm belief that I'm moving out at 18 and starting HRT.

SilverFang

[Osiris]

Tons. I'd actually gone through a long period where I didn't take pics of myself but friends told me I should. Though when I did I found I felt more like a photographer than the model.

Now I'm just a camera whore.

[Ellieka]

I have a handful of before pictures but only so that I can see where I came from. Now I take a few shots every month just as a sort of photo journal to see how I am changing over the years.