SELF PORTRAITS by {TANYA DAKIN}
Posted by Hassan Kinley | Filed under Photography
Self portraits by Tanya Dakin + Blog
I started Shooting Self ports at the age of 11, so I suppose I always wanted to be infront of the camera and create images.
When I was 10 years old I developed an OCD called Trichotillomania (is commonly known, is an impulse control disorder or form of self-injury characterized by the repeated urge to pull out scalp hair or other body hair) in my case it was my head that I was pulling from. By the age of 18 I had to wear a wig, not because it was cute, but because I HAD to, my hair was pretty much a bald patch mess. Puberty was extremely hard and so was being social. All I wanted to do was hide or be like the other popular girls. Instead I gravitated towards the brainy kids, the less socially acceptable kids, the kids with the highest test scores 
I wore wigs to both my proms.
Tags: Model, Nude, Photographer, Self-portrait, Tanya Dakin
