I love these photos too Eric and I don't even know you!  Far from being egotistical, I think it's great that you were willing to expose yourself to a camera in all your vulnerability about your self-image and let us see the person you are.  On the contrary, I find these pictures - and what they capture about you - deeply humble.  Thanks for allowing Shannon to share these photos with us and bring to realization again that we humans have more in common with each other than we believe.