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A family photo should be a pretty simple affair, right? In theory, all you have to do is squeeze into the frame, look at the camera, and smile when someone says “cheese.” In practice, it rarely goes that smoothly. Getting everyone dressed, in the same place, and in a decent mood at the same time is already an achievement. But then getting everyone to cooperate for one good shot? Well, that can feel a lot like herding cats.

Someone pulls a face, someone else refuses to smile, and there’s always a chance the family pet will steal the show. At the very least, someone’s bound to have their eyes closed (guilty as charged). But every now and then, whether it’s a carefully posed group shot, a stiff studio portrait, or a candid moment nobody was prepared for, the result is so awkward, it’s actually kind of perfect.

#1

Large family posing in silly, chaotic positions outdoors for an awkward family photo.

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Lyone Fein
Community Member
1 day ago

Love it

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    Man sneaking a tiny kitten inside his suit jacket pocket during awkward family photos

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    nottheactualphoto
    Community Member
    1 day ago

    Pocket kitten! Good to have on hand, in case of emergency.

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    #3

    A child lying face down on the floor during a group photo, capturing awkward family photos.

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    Ola Pe
    Community Member
    1 day ago

    Older sis knows what’s coming

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    #4

    A young ring bearer making a hilarious wide-eyed face during a wedding ceremony in awkward family photos.

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    zububonsai
    Community Member
    1 day ago

    👀

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    #5

    Four young sisters posing for awkward family photos with retro hairstyles and matching dresses

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    nottheactualphoto
    Community Member
    1 day ago

    As you get older, your hair gets bigger and bigger.

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    #6

    Family in matching denim jackets posing for awkward family photos

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    Lyone Fein
    Community Member
    1 day ago

    Family love 1980 style

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    #7

    A mother holding up a large fish in an awkward family photo with her kids

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    nottheactualphoto
    Community Member
    1 day ago

    The kids' reactions are completely appropriate.

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    #8

    Awkward family photo of a mother posing with her sons near a Christmas tree

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    nottheactualphoto
    Community Member
    1 day ago

    The boys aren't even trying.

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    #9

    Serious studio portrait of a five-member family, featured in awkward family photos.

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    Catie D
    Community Member
    1 day ago

    I guess nobody told them to smile...

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    #10

    A group posing for awkward family photos around a young girl in a white communion dress

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    Lyone Fein
    Community Member
    1 day ago

    Please tell me this is a confirmation picture and not a child bride.

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    #11

    Family posing in funny matching t-shirts for one of their awkward family photos.

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    #12

    Awkward family photo of three adults standing outside wearing bright colorful inflatable suits

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    #13

    Funny chaos outdoors captured during awkward family photos with a dog

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    #14

    A wedding party posing outdoors while sunbathers lie in the foreground, making for funny awkward family photos.

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    Lyone Fein
    Community Member
    1 day ago

    Couldn't have cut off the bottom of the photo?

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    #15

    A funny example of awkward family photos with a floating edited head over a Seattle skyline.

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    nottheactualphoto
    Community Member
    1 day ago

    This reminds me of the TV weatherman wearing the wrong color shirt.

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    #16

    Goth teenager with heavy makeup posing with family for awkward family photos

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    Whiskers
    Community Member
    9 hours ago

    This isn’t awkward!

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    #17

    A vintage studio portrait capturing awkward family photos with severe, solemn expressions.

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    Tracy Nicole
    Community Member
    7 hours ago

    They all have a blue tint

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    #18

    An ethereal portrait of a mother and daughters in white dresses for awkward family photos.

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    Whiskers
    Community Member
    9 hours ago

    Oh god!

    #20

    Family standing in a line on the beach leaning their heads on each other for awkward family photos

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    Multa Nocte (she/her 8647)
    Community Member
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    12 hours ago

    I like this one.

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    #21

    Awkward family photo of a large family gathering together in front of a brick fireplace for a group portrait

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    nottheactualphoto
    Community Member
    1 day ago

    How very zany.

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    #22

    Family members sleeping together on a large sectional couch for awkward family photos

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    Ariom Dahl
    Community Member
    1 day ago

    Love the cat!

    #23

    A couple with unamused expressions posing closely together in classic vintage awkward family photos.

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    UKGrandad
    Community Member
    1 day ago

    Hostage situation?

    #24

    A chaotic baptism portrait with children crying and on the floor, making awkward family photos.

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    Cécile Prévost
    Community Member
    1 day ago

    Exorcim gone bad

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    #26

    Group standing outdoors in front of mountains, an example of funny and awkward family photos.

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    Cécile Prévost
    Community Member
    1 day ago

    This one is weird. The shape of this cat, the fact that he is far behind, is he going to destroy everything ?

    #27

    Vintage portrait showing blonde girl holding a baby sailor, creating one of many awkward family photos.

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    Ola Pe
    Community Member
    1 day ago

    Old soul

    #28

    Awkward family photo showing an entire family surrounding a child during a dental exam in a doctor office

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    Cécile Prévost
    Community Member
    1 day ago

    Dentist family 🙄

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    #29

    Side-by-side awkward family photo showing adults recreating a funny childhood picture reading a book on the couch

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    Catie D
    Community Member
    1 day ago

    This would just be one of those cute "recreating the childhood photo 20 years later" pics, except... Mom looks exactly the same. Was she a vampire??

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    #30

    Children in traditional attire gathered around in awkward family photos

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    #31

    A mother smiling with two young children in one of these awkward family photos

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    Ariom Dahl
    Community Member
    1 day ago

    I like this one! It's cute.

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    #32

    A young boy holding a goat at a petting zoo captured in awkward family photos

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    Lyone Fein
    Community Member
    1 day ago

    Early childhood trauma

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    #33

    A bride and groom posing together at their wedding for awkward family photos

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    Lyone Fein
    Community Member
    1 day ago

    It's a plant.

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    #34

    A hilarious entry in awkward family photos showing a family posing with an Eddie Murphy cutout.

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    GalPalAl
    Community Member
    17 hours ago

    Did you use this as a holdiay card?

    #35

    A thumb blocking the camera lens in one of the awkward family photos of a mother and her four kids outdoors

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    Lyone Fein
    Community Member
    1 day ago

    Professional level photography skills

    #36

    Four different awkward family photos of women posed in matching teal pajamas.

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    perylousdemon
    Community Member
    8 hours ago

    Pretty sure this is a cult, not a family.

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    #37

    Four blonde daughters pose unnaturally leaning on their mother back for awkward family photos

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    Lyone Fein
    Community Member
    1 day ago

    Mom?

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    #38

    Studio portrait of parents, baby, and dog with floating head overlays as awkward family photos.

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    Fire Singer
    Community Member
    15 hours ago

    This looks like one of those on purpose awkward photos. :)

    #39

    Couple taking a selfie outdoors with kids in the background for awkward family photos

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    nottheactualphoto
    Community Member
    1 day ago

    Awesome!

    #40

    Person in goth makeup and outfit holding a baby in one of the most awkward family photos

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    Ola Pe
    Community Member
    1 day ago

    This one always makes me 😂

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    #41

    Parents kissing while their adult daughters pull funny faces for awkward family photos

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    Tracy Nicole
    Community Member
    7 hours ago

    Case of the no lips

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    #42

    Awkward family photo of two young girls posing outdoors while a boy photobombs in the background holding a stick

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    Cécile Prévost
    Community Member
    1 day ago

    Revenge !

    #43

    A couple striking strange lunging poses for awkward family photos in front of a blue studio backdrop.

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    nottheactualphoto
    Community Member
    1 day ago

    1980s exercise video?

    #44

    An awkward family photo of women posing in white while holding artichokes

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    Catie D
    Community Member
    1 day ago

    Honestly I think this is just a group of sisters.

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    #46

    A family posing with a cardboard cutout of The Undertaker in awkward family photos

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    Ola Pe
    Community Member
    1 day ago

    Is the dude cardboard?

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    #47

    A hospital room scene featuring a young family as part of awkward family photos

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    GalPalAl
    Community Member
    17 hours ago

    oh boy

    #48

    Vintage awkward family photos featuring a mother and daughter with matching 80s hairstyles.

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    Catie D
    Community Member
    1 day ago

    Those are just unfortunate 1980's glasses.

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    #49

    A mother and young daughter posing in matching black dresses for dramatic awkward family photos.

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    Fire Singer
    Community Member
    15 hours ago

    Teaching her daughter how to pose for her wealthy widow picture? :P

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    #50

    A father standing on a chair holding a large fish in these awkward family photos with his kids

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    paul Tee
    Community Member
    1 day ago

    ooh an oarfish.

    #51

    A man taking a selfie on a rocky beach with waves crashing in one of many awkward family photos

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    Lyone Fein
    Community Member
    1 day ago

    My brother went to the Trojan War and all I got was this picture.

    #52

    Family dressed up as fast food mascots for hilarious awkward family photos

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    AnnaB
    Community Member
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    1 day ago

    It's a clever idea. They did pretty good.

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    #53

    Large group featuring crying kids posing for awkward family photos

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    Dar Mal
    Community Member
    18 hours ago

    d**n lady...it's a v@gin@, not a clown car!

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    #54

    Three siblings posing at the beach making faces for awkward family photos

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    UKGrandad
    Community Member
    1 day ago

    She's working him like a ventriloquist's dummy.

    #55

    Two young boys fighting in the living room captured in awkward family photos

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    Lyone Fein
    Community Member
    1 day ago

    I love this one

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    #59

    Parents holding their newborn baby in a funny retro awkward family photo.

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    Ola Pe
    Community Member
    1 day ago (edited)

    This could be a durex ad😂

    #60

    Four family members posing sternly for awkward family photos near a Christmas tree with funny expressions.

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    paul Tee
    Community Member
    1 day ago

    am guessing the woman with the glasses is the reason for the guy on the left.

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    #61

    An awkward family photo of a girl posing with someone in a Miss Piggy mask

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    Lyone Fein
    Community Member
    1 day ago

    Yikes

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    #62

    Vintage awkward family photo featuring women and babies with retro 80s hairstyles

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    GalPalAl
    Community Member
    17 hours ago

    The 80's

    #63

    Exhausted parents on a sofa with three crying young children, creating one of the funny awkward family photos.

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    Ola Pe
    Community Member
    1 day ago

    Their faces say it all

    #64

    An old photo with a cut-out face pasted on top, creating awkward family photos.

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    UKGrandad
    Community Member
    1 day ago

    Obvious 'cut and paste'.

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    #66

    A young boy wearing a costume covered in socks for a hilarious awkward family photo.

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    Ola Pe
    Community Member
    1 day ago

    There must be a story to this

    #67

    Family holding sports gear while taking awkward family photos

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    #68

    Family styled in dramatic gothic black clothing posing for awkward family photos

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    Sara Frazer
    Community Member
    1 day ago

    This MUST be ai....they're already giving me the uncanny valley feel, but more importantly, the hands are weird... especially the young lady in the middle....

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