![]() ![]() ![]() Shortly after, a framer contacted Mike and asked him if he would want any of the older frames they had laying around. The website’s positive feedback continued to grow, and in 2014, the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Wisconsin contacted Bender and asked if he would be interested in making an exhibit out of around forty of these photos. is is demonstrated in the photo “Baby Crazy,” where a young girl in a tie-dye shirt and a bob haircut, staring blankly at the camera amidst her huge Beanie Baby collection. In others, the humor comes from a universal feeling of amusing shame and confusion that we all feel when we reflect on our childhood. Sometimes the absurdity of the picture is extremely obvious and elicits laughs right away.An example of such a photo would be “Keeping Their Nose Clean,” where a family of three during a 1975 professional portrait are all picking their nose, to mimic their daughter. In 2009, Mike started a website called, where anyone can submit their most cherished and chagrined moments. ![]() “When I thought about it, it felt like my mom was a genius, and that’s how it all started,” Bender said. When Mike Bender was a child, his mother hung a family photo on a wall in their living room. ![]()
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