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Saturday, August 20, 2005
Seniors going too far
The Associated Press is reporting the bizarre story of a girl mauled and killed by a tiger while posing for her senior picture.
Senior pictures have gotten a little out of hand. Back in the day, you just showed up in an ill-fitting sport coat and a tie you borrowed from your dad for the senior picture cattle call. Just look at Kevin Costner’s senior photo and you’ll see what I mean.
That’s no longer good enough. Now everyone seems to get their own photo professionally made. I noticed this trend about six years ago while covering education at a smaller paper. Part of my job was to organize an annual graduation section, complete with photos of the top students from every school in our area.
In the course of handling dozens of senior photos, I saw kids posed with with their musical instruments, in their sports uniforms, on their motorcycles or even with their pets. And the photos were getting increasingly racy — girls in slinky dresses, shirtless boys.
Now, as this tragic story shows, the kids are going even farther. If you don’t know what I mean look here and here to see a few examples of the glamour shots that pass for senior photos today.
Have you seen even crazier photos than these? What do you think about edgy senior photos?
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