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LEJANDRA BORNOWSKI’S Facebook
profile picture took
weeks to make.
In the photo, a radiant Bornowski
appears knee-deep in a lake with
billowing clouds of dry ice encircling her thighs. The picture has
been retouched, and not a hair,
freckle or eyelash are out of place.
“When people who don’t know
me see my profile picture, I want
them to be intrigued,” says Bornowski, 24, a former business manager at a Portland, Oregon, matchmaking service who did not pay for
the photoshoot, which was done by
a photographer hoping to build up
his portfolio. “There’s no way anyone else on Facebook has that picture. It’s a conversation starter.”
Though Bornowski, like most
social media users, has uploaded
her fair share of “selfies”—blurry
self-portraits snapped with an
outstretched arm and a cellphone
camera—her most recent Facebook
profile photos have been the handiwork of professional photographers.
This penchant for profile photos
shot by pros puts her in good company: Some social media users are
foregoing the vacation photos and
party snapshots that have traditionally served as profile fodder in
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People don’t want to look
desperate, like they’ve had
photos professionally done.
Even though they’re paying
for the ph