Photo Booth Benefits
When we have a conventional photograph taken we pose for the
photographer. We only see the person who is taking the picture and
we are reacting to them. In a Photo Booth, no matter how many people
are in there with you, you are often looking at a reflection of
yourself and that is whom you are posing for. It is for this reason
that the true mood of the moment is reflected in the picture and why
we feel free to mess around and enjoy ourselves.
During the Second World War they were popular but not widely available.
They did produce some of the most iconic photographs of the time.
One photograph from 1944 with the inscription ‘the day before he
left’ tells us more about the impact of war then many highbrow tomes
written by socio-economic experts. In almost every home in the
country there is a strip of photographs with ‘the day we got
engaged’, ‘on honeymoon’ or ‘our first date’ written on the back.
Even Jackie and John F. Kennedy climbed into a photo booth during
their honeymoon in 1953!
Andy Warhol used photo booths to inspire some of his greatest works of
art. John Lennon and Yoko Ono used a strip of photo booth pictures
to promote an album.
