The Family

My wife has a very large extended family. This weekend is their big get together, complete with Temple session, expensive lunch, BBQ and of course the family photo. The word that best describes these photos is epic. I don't think anyone knows the exactly number of people in these photos, some say thousand other tens of thousands, one recent estimate placed the number at half a million. All with Grandma and Grandpa in the middle. Finding yourself or someone you actually know by name in this photo is a lot like finding the early 90's sensation Waldo.

The one and only time I have actual been a part of this I attempted to add an artistic quality to the photo by looking away from the camera instead of at the camera. It was meant to represent the marriage of individualism and conformity. Mans need to be different yet part of the group. As will all great artists I was widely criticized and in the end they photo shopped my head from another photo so I was looking at the camera. I guess they just weren't ready for my bold new approach.

Unfortunately, this year I am so behind at work that I will be unable to make any of it, and since I keep my work life and private life separate no one will be able to prove otherwise.