Everyone hates the oft-yearly or seasonal tradition that is the family photograph. A time to document how the kids have grown and to ensure that years from now, when the wall going up the staircase is filled with a pictoral timeline of the hideous fashions we voluntarily stepped out of the house in. All through my youth (who am I kidding, it still happens) every holiday - Christmas, Easter, and Thanksgiving - all the kids were rounded up before the "play clothes" were put on, formed into one or two straight lines, and the paparazzi flashes of our parents' cameras began.
The site Awkward Family Photos takes reader submissions of such forgettable yet enshrined moments in our collective familial past and posts them here, for all to see. (It's funny when it's not you.) Everything is fair game: the standard photo-studio portrait to the high school dance couple shot with the holiday lights dangling in the background, the vacation group shot to the wedding party poses.
This is definitely a site to bookmark and visit during those slow moments at work. Or, you know, to send in awkward pictures from your own family's past!
Sergio del Limónar
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