{"id":20887,"date":"2021-04-28T14:04:58","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T14:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&p=20887"},"modified":"2021-04-28T19:38:00","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T19:38:00","slug":"hbcu-graduation-shoot-ideas","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/hbcu-graduation-shoot-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"For HBCU Grads, Extravagant Graduation Shoots Are Part Of The Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For many college seniors, finishing their final semester will be the most strenuous part of graduating but for seniors at historically Black colleges and universities<\/a>, it\u2019s also about preparing for your graduation shoot. In the last three years, graduating HBCU students have raised the stakes with each passing semester. The 2021 class alone is setting a new standard \u2013 going as far as to even use snakes as props<\/a>. Fashion and glamour<\/a> are already cemented into HBCU culture, so it\u2019s no surprise graduation shoots follow suit. From Florida A&M University (FAMU) to Southern University and A&M College, HBCU students go viral<\/a> every graduation season.<\/p>\n

“HBCUs set the bar for a lot of things, and being extra \u2014 in a good way \u2014 is one of them,\u201d Ania Wilson, recent graduate of FAMU told GRAZIA<\/em>. \u201cFrom how we celebrate Homecoming, to the events put on throughout the semester, the graduation pictures are truly the icing on the cake. HBCUs, and FAMU in particular, possess so much talent and creativity and graduation photoshoots are one depiction of this.”<\/p>\n

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