Let’s play the word association game. Ready? Passport Photos Correct suggestions include: compromising, unfortunate, awkward, fugly, tragic, bug-eyed look of terror, harsh, vivid, foul, aka: you when you’ve landed after a 17-hour economy flight. The secret is out: passport photos are designed to make everyone look as ugly, tired, old and unhappy as possible. And they have a 99% success rate. At least at Paxtons, getting these tragic gloom-shots is an easy process. Plus, Paxtons is able to take photos according to different passport specifications, because Lord knows you wouldn’t want a Canadian sized photo defacing your EU passport. The world might actually end. My newest passport photo? Terrifying. That’s how I know they did it right.