Photos
Open Wide
“My family at the dentist. I’m in the chair, the dentist is my uncle, and for some reason my grandmother decided this was a great time for a family picture.”
(submitted by Sarah)
Justice League
“My parents took me to a Halloween autograph session with ‘Justice League’ superheroes. Now that I look at it 30 years later I find it quite creepy, particularly Spider-Man.”
(submitted by Paul)
Mini Me
“This is me looking at a cloth doll version of myself someone gifted me as a baby…I still wonder who thought this would be a good idea because it’s not creepy at all.”
(submitted by IG @veranomura)
Send Out The Clown
“For my baptism, my parents thought it would be great to hire a clown to entertain me, my little friends and family.”
(submitted by IG @stephania_perdomo)
Sorta Santa
“This is me and my dad in the 90s. My dad was in his Santa ‘disguise’ and no wonder I was so scared of Christmas.”
(submitted by IG @alice_interprets)
Welcome To The Jungle
“Every year, my family did themed Christmas photos. I asked my mom about submitting this one to AFP and she told me ‘No, our pictures aren’t awkward.'”
(submitted by IG @case_stace_)
A Mighty Wind
“My family went on a trip to Maine during the summer and decided to take family photos. Maybe it was very windy but everyone looks catalog perfect and then…there’s me.”
(submitted by IG @kelllly_anne)
Business Casual
“My son’s first ‘school pictures’ at daycare. I sent him to daycare with dress pants, a dress shirt onesie and a sweater. They forgot his pants.”
(submitted by Kathy)
The Fright Before Christmas
“Me at a Christmas party being wrangled by my mother for photos with hobo-Santa and an ultra-frightening snowman.”
(submitted by IG @amy.lauren.moran)
Blue Train
“My family posing for our Christmas denim photo of 1997.”
(submitted by IG @tylermcguire93)
