Unlike today’s "filtered" social media world, these photos capture a raw, uncurated era where self-expression was built through physical items like band posters, magazine clippings, and trophies rather than digital likes.

The New York Times published a collection titled "36 Teenagers Show Us Their Generation," where students took their own photos to counter stereotypes about their age group.

If the Salinger piece wasn't what you were looking for, several other significant articles have recently covered the impact of photography on modern teens: