While some of u.s. may not be happy with our passport or ID card photos, one man has taken the requirement for an paradigm to the extreme.

A Florida man has delighted the internet with his unusual photograph for his commuter's license, afterward shaving only half of his face up.

A post on Reddit showing a pair of licenses is going viral, subsequently it was posted to the site's Funny forum past Slinkyjosh on Monday, amassing more than xviii,000 likes.

The licenses for the Sunshine State show a homo with a behemothic bushy beard, subsequently identified as Clinton Brentwood Lee, on the right hand side of his confront, while the left is clean-shaved.

Lee's hair is two different colors, while his complexion is also varied as he'due south wearing makeup, with a considerable tan, or foundation line, downwards the middle of his face.

Chatting to Newsweek, the forty-year-quondam explained he'd styled his hair and beard into numerous looks for the licenses, and the wacky appearances had spanned more than a decade.

The photographer, based in Petrograd, said: "I went in ane time for the DMV, and they told me when I made a very expressive smile not to make a face.

"I thought to myself, what if you take a face? What if your face was just weird? So I went in one time with my beard a piddling messed up, and held that face the entire time I was there.

"They didn't say anything. So when I went in once again I did it once more, and this time a lilliputian more expressive with a little more fun here. It has since connected five photos, and a passport."

Clinton Brentwood Lee's driving licenses.
Clinton Brentwood Lee'southward driving licenses. The Floridian decided to way his facial hair into a unique await for the DMV. Clinton Brentwood Lee

The photos accept raised a few eyebrows with officials, as Lee added: "The Chinese regime fabricated me stand in a special line because I didn't laissez passer their facial recognition software. I have at present been officially called Florida Man by one-half of my friends."

Florida statutes indicate anyone wishing to use for a driving license must provide a photograph of their face, although it doesn't announced to issue guidelines on facial hair.

The Florida Legislature says: "The section shall, upon receipt of the required fee, issue to each qualified bidder for an identification card a color photographic or digital image identification menu bearing a full-confront photo or digital image of the identification cardholder.

"Notwithstanding affiliate 761 or s. 761.05, the requirement for a full-face up photo or digital image of the identification cardholder may non exist waived." Regulation 761.05 pertains to "laws respecting the establishment of religion."

The Reddit mail service was captioned: "A friend of mine grew a behemothic bristles, and then shaved exactly one-half of it off and applied makeup to one-half of his face so he could take this drivers license picture where he looks similar ii completely different people."

Clinton Brentwood Lee's driving licenses.
Clinton Brentwood Lee's driving licenses. Lee decided to sport the unusual looks around 12 years ago. Clinton Brentwood Lee

Commenting on the post, Catholic-Star-Wolf joked: "Didn't need to cover his name its clearly 'Florida Man.'"

Alghiorso thought: "I was going to say, he'due south nonetheless probably not fifty-fifty the weirdest dude at the DMV on that given day."

Conradical30 pointed out: "Honestly the Feds probably capeesh this. They take multiple ways that this guy could look laid out for them if he went into hiding for something."

Beneficial-Ad5626 commented: "The longer I thought well-nigh it, the funnier information technology got. I wish he would commit a felony and the news had to report him being on the loose with that photograph."

Nighters said: "Imagine someone giving description to sketch creative person."

While MantisPRIME suggested: "Those eyebrows are way also distinct. He needed to shave the countenance and head on the beard side."

While Ctrl_alt_excrete joked: "Honestly probably wouldn't have been allowed by the DMV in whatsoever state other than Florida."

The Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) in Florida is probable to be busy, with figures revealing the state has the 2nd-highest number of drivers, according to the U.S. Section of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration.

In 2019, there were 17,822,760 licensed drivers, only surpassed by California's 27,213,650 drivers. In total, there were 228,679,719 drivers registered in the U.Due south.

Driver's licenses have been effectually for over a hundred years, as Statista noted: "The driver'south license became mandatory in the United States in the early on 20th century, with Missouri and Massachusetts existence the beginning states to crave an official license for operating certain types of motor vehicles.

"Such vehicles include motorcycles, passenger vehicles, trucks, trailers, or buses. New Jersey became the outset state to require all drivers to pass a mandatory test before existence granted an official driver's license."

Update 2/22/22, 8:00 a.thousand. ET: This article was updated with comment from Lee.