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Ray's Sweet 16 Photographer Days

Audio-only archive episode — no video to seek.

2 min

Ray recounts his old job as a Long Island sweet 16 party photographer, doing sweaty, creepy poses and instructing girls on how to stand for pictures.

In this bit5 moments

1:41Tim used to wear mustard-yellow Salvation Army blazers to sweet 16s to creep people out.
2:08Parents would often ask their wives 'who hired him?' partway through the event.
2:20His boss told him clients loved seeing him sweat heavily while working, evidence of hard effort.
2:38The sweet 16 girls were visibly uncomfortable with his portrait direction and positioning.
2:58He'd tell clients the pose 'accentuates the chest' and encourage them to use his services however they wanted.