in possession of all my mother’s old passports. The style of the passport itself hasn’t changed much, but <\/p>\n\n\n\n
the photo in it has.
Her oldest one was from the 1960’s when she and my dad took a trip to Paris. Her passport photo was <\/p>\n\n\n\n
black and white (naturally), but it wasn’t a close up, square to the camera, no glasses, and no smile. In <\/p>\n\n\n\n
fact, it was taken at an angle, sitting in a chair, 3\/4 length (to her waist), and smiling like she’d just won a <\/p>\n\n\n\n
game of Monopoly!
As the years went by (every 10) her photos slowly began to conform to what we’re all used to seeing <\/p>\n\n\n\n
today; they were slowly getting closer to the camera, more square to the lens, in color, but still smiling <\/p>\n\n\n\n
(smiling is something that is NOT allowed in foreign passport photos, and the US is starting to “frown <\/p>\n\n\n\n
upon” as well).
Nowadays, people practically look like they’d look if they’d just gotten off a nine hour plane ride full of <\/p>\n\n\n\n
screaming children, eaten nothing but peanuts, had no sleep in the last 24 hours, and were ready to kick a<\/p>\n\n\n\n
puppy! I suppose the custom agents just want us to look like we’re going to look when we reach the <\/p>\n\n\n\n
customs desk, ya think? best!”<\/p>\n\n\n
US passport photos don’t HAVE to look horrible, but evidently the border patrol WANTS them to.
Make the best of it and call\u00a0Thomas Bruce Studio<\/a>\u00a0at 727-577-5626. We’ll help you look your “passport<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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