false 874197 1 Caligula would have understood the depraved decadence and desperate frenzy of spring break - American teens' annual pilgrimage to shimmering shores, where sex on the beach is as much an afternoon activity as it is a fruity cocktail. A festival of sun and sin, of tanned flesh and binge drinking, spring break attracts thousands of high school and college students, who wash up on Florida's shores like schools of breeding salmon, ready to indulge their insatiable apetites and hedonistic desires with total strangers. A native Floridian, photographer Nathaniel Welch has been documenting these rites of passage for four years - and has captured scenes of agony and ecstasy in Spring Broke, his first monograph. Whether it's partying at a kegger on the beach or engaging in group sex in the shower, entering a wet T-Shirt contest or passing out on the bathroom floor, these teens' uninhibited impulses are as absurd as they are disturbing. Yet Welch accepts, and even embraces, these raunchy rituals of extreme adolescence, alloing a strange sense of sadness to pervade. The morning after, broken spirits are left to reflect on their senseless acts, pack their bags, and head home. 859552 4 2004 Spring Broke total:4|5:1|4:1|2:2| 4 13 8 4 5 1 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Aug 25 19:48:21 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 28 18:18:02 -0800 2008 2 1 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 31 20:46:18 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 31 20:47:42 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 21:40:06 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 21:47:05 -0800 2009 Rolling Stone photographer who "embedded" himself within the throngs of beer- and lust-crazed teens who flock to Florida every March. The photos are not for the faint of heart: people vomiting, making out, a lot of flabby, tattooed, sunburne...more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jul 17 14:07:48 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 31 00:18:23 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Fri Oct 02 00:40:42 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 00:40:42 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jul 30 13:17:13 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 13:17:13 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jul 22 06:01:04 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 06:01:04 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Dec 18 23:02:11 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 23:02:11 -0800 2008