Alex Stoddard is SEVENTEEN – and he has produced a set of self portraits that make me wonder – WTF was I doing at 17? With this body work behind him there is no knowing what he might do next. I suppose some people peak early and the rest of us have yet to have our finest day. There is such a thing as a ONE HIT WONDER. But even if he didn’t do another thing – with these photos, he has definitely left his footprints in the so called ‘sands of time’. He has a project called 365 where he produced and shared an image every day for a year. Yeah at 17. What would Janis Ian say?

I learned the truth at seventeen
That love was meant for beauty queens
And high school girls with clear skinned smiles
Who married young and then retired
The valentines I never knew
The Friday night charades of youth
Were spent on one more beautiful
At seventeen I learned the truth…

Read an interview with Alex and see more images  HERE

(Everyday I try and be positive – I don’t like negativity – BUT please tell me these were taken by a family friend who happens to be 30 or 40 or even 50 and OOPS… happens to be a  professional photographer…)