Photo Stories

Maybe I’m Not as Ugly and Awkward as I Thought I Was

On learning to love yourself through self-portrait and embracing the unique

At the Boston fire museum — all photos by JoAnn Ryan

The apex of awkwardness, for some of us, happens when we start going to school. It was for me. I was just perfectly fine before that. Hanging out on the farm with my brothers, making mud pies in the…