Of the few self-portraits I have, this one is the least like reality. I think it makes me look like a South American revolutionary from the 1930s - with a blue-rinse. I cannot remember why it was taken. It was either for a passport or gun licence, and probably never used for either.
I have a friend who submitted a passport application with a photo of himself wearing dark glasses. Amazingly, the Passport Office accepted it and sent the document back to him with it stuck to the I.D. page, complete with the embossed British royal coat of arms. The person who approved it must have been half asleep.
Now when he travels abroad he has to take a pair of shades with him which he puts on at the borders so that the officials recognise him from the photo. This is a true story.
The blue hair improves the look, and the moustache. P's last passport came back with the wrong date of birth. He just left it, said it didn't matter which for travel it didn't.
ReplyDeleteYounger or older?
DeleteYes - a revolutionary indeed - but then not far wrong I would say!
ReplyDeleteMy passport photo makes me look as though I have escaped from somewhere.
I thought you had escaped from somewhere Weave.
DeleteI look like I'm suffering from a toothache in my passport photo. I have to renew next year, so I should try to not look so dour in the next one.
ReplyDeleteWhy the big paws?
DeleteYou look more like a camp hairdresser from Pinner
ReplyDeleteEverything looks camp to you. It's a condition.
DeleteOr the conditioner.
DeletePrivate Walker form Dad's Army.
ReplyDeleteWho formed Dad's Army?
DeleteDisregarding the blue hair, I think you look rather handsome. XXXX
ReplyDeleteWhat have you got against blue hair?
DeleteI always like being reminded of the wonderful Mrs. Slocomb.
DeleteI look like Magwitch in my passport. They got it right.
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