How you can tell if someone is Gen Z or Millennial from their group photos
After TikTokers gave away the secret to identifying GenZers vs. millennials by their pose in photos, influencer and millennial Jess Britvich (@jessbritvich) is offering followers even more clues about spotting generational differences in pictures.
Millennial vs. Gen Z group photos
According to Britvich, the primary differences come down to the angles and the proportion of headspace in photos. While millennials are champions of the above-looking-down angle with close facial crops and scant background, Gen Zers aren’t afraid to pose for full-body snaps from lower angles.
Plus, she points out that Gen Z likes plenty of headspace to show off backgrounds as part of their photo aesthetic. But the differences don’t stop there, and Britvich provides a detailed side-by-side analysis of how millennials and Gen Z take photos.
Britvich begins her analysis by comparing and contrasting how millennials and Gen Z take group shots: The “classical millennial group photo,” she claims, involves posing close together and snapping a “super-focused” face shot with no headspace.
“Millennials knew what we were doing: get in formation girls, skinny arms sandwich, no creative direction needed,” Britvich explains in a TikTok with 495,000 views.
The generational differences between selfies
Next up? How Gen Z and millennials take photos provides vital information about what generation they originate from.
According to Britvich, the “classic millennial selfie” always has an upward angle point of view.
“This was the angle always, there was no other angle,” she describes while sharing plenty of her own millennial examples to illustrate.
Compared to a Gen Z selfie, however, the difference becomes immediately apparent, as GenZers are more apt to take selfies from a downward angle.
“If I suggested this photo angle, social suicide,” Britvich says solemnly.
Plenty of head space
The last detail Britvich points out is that Gen Zers are all about providing plenty of headspace (and no footspace) when taking photos, even profile photos. With their lack of zooming and use of the lower angle, Gen Z selfies highlight backgrounds, often purposefully making them part of the entire look.
In sharp contrast, millennial selfies, again, focus on close-up shots that don’t leave room for backgrounds or headspace.
“You never knew where us millennials were, you never knew,” Britvich quips.
In the comments of Britvich’s TikTok, some millennials defend their photo-taking ways, noting that things such as limited technology played a pivotal role in determining how they took photos in their formative years.
“Tbf, a lot of the millennial angles were due to technology at the time. We only had digital cameras and flip phone cameras for a while,” points out @clari_kween_69420.
“WE DIDNT HAVE FLASH! you had to tilt the camera from above to get the light!” adds @cassmcwha.
“It has to do with phone frame size too. My older photos look so zoomed in now,” notes @phantasticjess.
And apparently, some millennials have taken credit for paving the way for the next generation of photography.
“We were innovators really. I’m glad Gen Z is taking it next level but we were so excited for front facing cameras,” says @waywardsewist.
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