On a recent Saturday afternoon in downtown Los Angeles, seven friends โ plus one dog โ contorted and twisted their bodies to fit inside a brown box 2.45 metres (8 feet) tall that had a mirrored door inscribed with the words โMemory Archiveโ.
Once they were all mostly inside, they looked up towards a Canon digital camera that was peeking out of a small hole.
They posed โ smiling brightly and holding the dog in the air โ as the shutter clicked eight times. They then stepped out of the booth, selected their favourite shots at a kiosk and waited about a minute for the photos to develop.
The group, most of whom had only met a few hours earlier at a rave, had stumbled upon the photo booth as they were grabbing food at Idyllic cafe, and decided to commemorate the moment. They gushed over the results.
โThis was very cute,โ says Eugenia Bulah, 41.