Woman Takes “Glasses Headshots” in Last Ditch Effort to Develop a Personality

Citing her recent dry spell in booking work, NYC-based actor Ceecee Tobin took matters into her own hands this week by taking brand new headshots. But not just any headshots. This time, she had a secret weapon up her sleeve: GLASSES.

She took this stunning risk after completing several master classes with casting directors who seemed to behave as though she did not exist. “Every time I would go up to give my monologue, the casting director would call a break, right in the middle of my second or third sentence,” remembered Tobin. Not to be deterred, Tobin, who has 20-20 vision and does not wear glasses in daily life, donned a pair of spunky frames that she hoped would make her appear “quirky” and “vivacious” to casting directors.

However, upon receiving the proofs, Tobin realized that they did nothing to enliven her incredibly boring personality. “It was like trying to photograph a chunk of tofu,” headshot photographer Brian Qi confided, “I did my best, but no direction I gave her seemed to make an ounce of difference. She is basically the human equivalent of athletic socks. Maybe she should try dying her hair red? Or working in an office somewhere?”

Tobin reportedly spent the next 48 hours scrolling fruitlessly through her proofs for some sign of latent personality. At press time, she had given up and decided to post the entire unretouched set of proofs to Facebook with the status “New Headshots! PLEASE like your favorites :)”