If school days are supposed to be amongst the happiest of your life then why do so many kids look so awkward in their yearbook photos?
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School was tough enough without taking photo evidence of it. Still, it's fun to check out these awkward school photos that will not only make you cringe but make you glad that you no longer attend school!
Draven Rodriguez was on a mission this week: to make sure he could immortalize his love for his rescue cat, Mr. Bigglesworth, in his school yearbook.So the Schenectady High School senior, 16, hired a professional local photographer to come to his house, where they captured a striking image of Rodriguez with the cat set against a colorful, futuristic background complete with laserbeams.“I've alwa
Before Ginger there was Adele. Not many people know that. As a life time admirer of the Great Fred I have read anything I could find about him and his career and have always wanted to know more about his...
View the Funniest and Most Awkward School Pictures at Awkward Family Photos. Discover the web's #1 online celebration of uncomfortable moments!
Just in time for back to school, the folks behind Awkward Family Photos are back with a new gallery of goofiness.
By now, you've probably seen at least a couple of babies who look like old people. But this deceiving image isn't exclusive to the tiniest ones. Bored Panda has collected a list of childhood photos where kids also appear to be at least a couple of decades in decay, and they're just as hilarious. From a 10-year-old sassy grandma to a 40-year-old receptionist attending 4th grade, you'd think these unfortunate folks would be the ones pinching your cheeks at the next family reunion. Truth is, they will actually be on the receiving end instead. Scroll down, enjoy, and upvote your faves!
When mom wanted “a nice picture” of us back in the late 80s and 90s we had to get all dressed up and sit for a portrait shoot at a department store like Sears or J.C. Penney, or a photo studio like Boyd Anderson.We put up with the dorky picture session to please our parents, but not-so-secretly the cool kids (mostly girls) really wanted to get their picture taken at Glamour Shots.(Image Link)This mall portrait studio phenomenon started in Dallas back in 1988, but by the 90s they had a locatio...
Just in time for back to school, the folks behind Awkward Family Photos are back with a new gallery of goofiness. If it’s awkward, you’ll find it in Awkward School Pictures.
Just in time for back to school, the folks behind Awkward Family Photos are back with a new gallery of goofiness.
Lilian Bond (1908 – 1991) was a British-born, United States-based film actress from the late 1920s to the 1950s.
Snap Shots. Portraits. Sittings. Pics.
Whores, or soiled doves, were an important part of the Old Western scene. Because of the shortage of women, respectable or otherwise, on the early frontier prostitution was a lucrative business. There were many euphemisms for the saloon and dance hall whores -night workers, frail sisters, the horizontally employed - and although whores back East were employed in luxurious brothels, the whores in the cowtowns had a much more frugal existence and often lived in small back rooms of the saloon or dance hall that employed them. This enabled the saloon and dance hall owners to exploit the girls even further, for not only would they get a slice of their earnings but they also took a little more for room and board. Girls came from all over the Union travelled West to become horizontally employed in the shanty towns that were springing up all over. It was a dangerous time and the girls often found themselves fighting the men who visited and even, on times, one another. The idea was for the girls to make as much money as quickly as they could and then move on to safer employment where they could bury their past and try to find a gentleman to marry, or failing that a lonely miner who had struck in rich. Prospects for a long and healthy life as a whore were poor. Some of the whores in the Old West became local celebrities with their exploits even reported in the local newspapers. It is a fact that prostitutes were often the first female settlers in newly created towns. They helped to develop the areas in which they worked their trade and would risk disease, injury and in many cases death for their effort. Prices for the services of these women varied from town to town but an average cost was 25c for a Mexican woman to $1 for an American lady. Higher prices were charged if a woman was of unusual youth and often a woman with red hair would fetch the highest price of all. It was a popular belief around the mining camps that women with auburn hair were the most amorous women in the world. Why though would women become involved in this profession? The answer to that question was no different in the Old West than it is today. Many of them had been abandoned by their families or left alone when a husband died or ran off, others were mentally illiterate and others still were immigrants with no other way to make a living. And although their profession was frowned upon they were often a vital part of early cowtown life. Below I have posted a 1915 poem by Dana Burnet: THE SISTERS of the Cross of Shame, They smile along the night; Their houses stand with shuttered souls And painted eyes of light. Their houses look with scarlet eyes Upon a world of sin; And every man cries, “Woe, alas!” And every man goes in. The sober Senate meets at noon, To pass the Woman’s Law, The portly Churchmen vote to stem The torrent with a straw. The Sister of the Cross of Shame, She smiles beneath her cloud— (She does not laugh till ten o’clock, And then she laughs too loud.) And still she hears the throb of feet Upon the scarlet stair, And still she dons the cloak of shame That is not hers to wear. The sons of saintly women come To kiss the Cross of Shame; Before them, in another time, Their worthy fathers came.… And no man tells his son the truth, Lest he should speak of sin; And every man cries, “Woe, alas!” And every man goes in.
Happy Valentines Day! Its just a regular work day for me but how about a little homage to true love via some of my favorite old photos? Alfred Eisenstaedt's most famous image is his VJ day in Times Square, but it never seemed that romantic to me - I've always preferred some of the more private moment photos like the ones below (I liked them so much I used them to create some art in my bedroom!) Or how about a couple from another master, Robert Doisneau. Swoon. In case you missed them, don't forget about my Valentine Days gifts to you - some absolutely free downloads for your romantic pleasure. love is all around / makes the ride / instant valentines Hoping your days are filled with love - romantic and otherwise.
If school days are supposed to be amongst the happiest of your life then why do so many kids look so awkward in their yearbook photos?
