A photo essay for my Visual Communication and Language class.

1. Spring Break
Culture
Panama City Beach, Florida

2. Panama City Beach, Florida is
notorious for its crazy, spring
break party atmosphere.
Throughout my stay in PCB I
attempted to capture the spring
break culture which is unique to
a college party destination.
In this photo essay, you may
notice both the positive and
negative outcomes of alcohol
consumption and excessive
partying.

3. 20 friends, seven days, and
one beach house in Panama
City Beach.

4. All of the alcohol
that was
purchased
between 20
college
students, in
preparation for
spring break in
PCB.

5. Preparing “greenies,” an
alcoholic drink that
originated in
Minneapolis, MN.

6. College students ‘shot-gunning’ beers the first morning of the spring break
trip. Shot-gunning a beer means poking a hole in the can before opening it, in
order to chug the beer more quickly.

7. A young man is shown
throwing up after
shot-gunning a beer.

8. The warm weather
and sandy beaches
of Florida are a
refreshing change
of scenery from
the snow and wind
of Fargo, ND.

9. The young man to the right
is pictured with the address
of the beach house written
on his chest, in case he
cannot remember it after
he has been drinking.

10. A heart to heart conversation
is captured between these
three roommates.

11. Two friends are
shown snuggling
the morning after a
hard night of
partying.

12. A young man is
covered with
inappropriate
messages written in
marker after passing
out early from
drinking too much

13. Two friends enjoy
drinking discounted
beer in a German
bar. The bars in PCB
had many deals for
spring breakers.

14. One of the friends was
kicked out of the bar
after attempting to
dance on a table.

15. Two friends play beer
pong on the beach using a
homemade beer pong
table constructed from
sand.

16. Keystone light is a
popular beer amongst
college students. This
is mostly due to the
low purchase price.

17. A young man is shown
relieving himself in the
women’s restroom as
a young lady snaps a
photo.

18. The results of
an alcohol-
induced fight
between two
members of
the beach
house. The
fight resulted
in one
member
being sent to
the hospital.
The fight was
a direct result
of excessive
alcohol
consumption.

19. A sheriff patrols the
beach during spring
break in order to ensure
spring breakers are
being safe.

20. The sheriff took pictures with some of the college students.

21. The local sheriff, Officer Ray, learning to play beer pong on the
sand beer pong table.

22. Located a few miles
down the beach was
the main spring break
party scene. There
were people as far as
you could see.

23. Driving home on the
25 hour car ride while
wearing a hat labeled
“wasted.” This goes to
show that the
‘anything goes’
attitude of spring
break does not transfer
well into the real
world.

24. The group of North Dakota State University
students leaving the beach to head back to Fargo.