I understand nobody can read it but it’s my first interview in Ukraine, so I have to post it.
The photo is oldish and it’s a selfie. I wanted to have a professional photo done and asked the official photographer of our university. But his vision of me is different from mine. The photo is hideous. A huge, toothy smile, one eye larger than another. I look like an idiot in it. So I had to go with the selfie.
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Because it’s an interview, the selfie works– it could plausibly be taken by the interviewer, while you were out for coffee and a chat.
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That’s what I was hoping for. A realistic, normal image. Not a shark-toothed maniac with a weird grin and a crooked eye.
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Congratulations! You look amazing in the picture. Also, when I had my “professional” photo taken at the university, it was not a pleasurable experience at all. The photograph asked me to catch some impossible angles with my head so many times that I felt like everything was wrong with my face.
Ol.
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What is it with American photographers and the obsession with smiling maniacally? I don’t spend my whole life smiling, and especially not in professional contexts. I don’t make a living as a clown, even though academia is often a circus act.
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I never smile for official pictures. I figure if I’m in a situation where anybody’s actively trying to verify my identity, I am definitely not going to be happy. Best if my picture matches…
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