Using headshots and hand-painted bachelor uniforms, applied chemistry majors at the Central South University photoshopped a series of graduation photos. With COVID-19 impacting their graduations, the students celebrated in photo, which recently went viral on Chinese social media.
The students of class of 2020 were forced to defend their thesis, conduct interviews and even say their farewells to each other online. The last step was an "online graduation," where students from different universities around China decided to create a memento for the special situation: graduation photos.
Three students from Central South University, Ning Jiajun, He Jialei, and Ge Ziye spent three days making a cartoon version of their graduation photos. According to Ning Jiajun, the class was scheduled to take graduation photos in early June. Due to the epidemic, the plan was put on hold.
As a photographer, Ning has photos of the university's iconic buildings on his computer. The three then collected all their classmates' headshots, and mocked it up with graduation gowns.
These “photoshopped” graduation photos touched many Internet users, some saying they want to laugh but feel sad at the same time.
These “photoshopped” graduation photos touched many Internet users, some saying they want to laugh but feel sad at the same time.