Is it really an image of "himself" though? Being a baby is more like a larval form, there isn't really a connection for an audience to make between a photo of a

Is it really an image of "himself" though? Being a baby is more like a larval form, there isn't really a connection for an audience to make between a photo of a newborn and a photo of an adult. What I'm trying to get at is usually when you say something like "nude image of himself" we are used to thinking that the image is an identifying one. But a baby picture isn't identifying in the same way, even to yourself, until some one informs you of the connection. It feels like a different circumstance, you know?