Family photos carry memories that the whole family can often reminisce about, good or bad. They are very personal things since, of course, nobody gets to see them. Except they enter your homes or private spaces.
But up until January 7, people had the privilege to see family photos of people they had never met trapped in poses similar to ones they know or have back at home.
Those who made it got to see family photos that were just so awkward that someone thought they belonged in a museum. The museum that offered the unique experience is The Columbus Museum in Columbus, Georgia.
However, the exhibit exists thanks to AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com. Visitors explored more than 200 portraits that left some roaring in laughter, feeling nostalgic and giddy with joy.
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The museum’s website called it “a celebration of the wonderfully imperfect moments that define family life.” Indeed, awkward family photos have always been around, but they have never been observed this way.
The exhibition was a brilliant idea, however, as there’s been rising interest in recent years, with people now seeming to enjoy purposefully creating and re-creating their own family photos.
Visitors had a great time. They also took pictures of their favorites and have been sharing them with the #jcpenneyportraits hashtag.
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“We’re just so glad to see people coming in and laughing and reminiscing, and going, ‘Oh, this reminds me of this picture,’ or even just a story of something that happened in their own family,” Rebecca Bush, the Columbus Museum’s curator of history and exhibitions manager, said.
The exhibit went down at 1327 Wynnton Road in Columbus. It was a temporary location as The Columbus Museum is in the middle of renovations. But it worked perfectly.
It happens to be an old photography studio where similar photos were once captured. The gallery kicked off at 10 a.m. and ran until 5 p.m. local time Tuesday through Saturday until January 7. The entrance was also free.
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Suppose you missed it but would like to experience it. In that case, the exhibit will be heading to the Ellen Noel Art Museum in Odessa, Texas, from March to June. Then, in July and August, the Spiva Center for the Arts in Joplin, Missouri. And the Laurel Historical Society in Laurel, Maryland, from September to November.
Past exhibits have been held across the U.S., from Santa Monica, California, to Middlebury, Vermont.
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