Joseph Szabo 是美国的一位知名摄影师，出生于1944年，其作品记录了20世纪七八十年代美国青少年的青春而又充满困惑的真实状态，著名摄影师Cornell Capa评价他称，“他的作品年轻、锋利且尖锐，与他所拍摄的主题相符”。

Almost Grown is a celebration of teen-age experience: the years of restless desire and blossoming sexuality; the world of high school, parking lots, and street corners; and the uniquely American culture in which all of us have grown up.

It is a record in photographs and poetry that combines the talents of an adult photographer and a group of almost-adult poets who were asked to tell a picture's story as their own. The result is an unusual collaboration between teacher and teenager, a funny and romantic look at teenagers looking at themselves.