Insta of the Week: The Back-to-School Ramen Illusion

A photo posted by stephen mcmennamy (@smcmennamy) on Aug 13, 2015 at 4:30pm PDT

Ramen has long been a staple of the money-hungry (or just plain hungry) college student diet. As the final weeks of summer approach, photographer Stephen McMennamy uses his signature #combophotos to remind the debt-laden learning class that the fun's over, and it's time to get back to awkwardly avoiding people you "totally met once, I think," in the halls.

"The commercials on my television tell me that folks are headed back to school," he remarks on Instagram. "If you're college bound and trying to stretch that dollar, this ones for you [sic]." If you're still hanging on to summer dreams for dear life, McMennamy has plenty for you, too. See his scale-warping combo photos take on beaches, blue skies, and BBQ below.

A photo posted by stephen mcmennamy (@smcmennamy) on Jun 25, 2015 at 5:38pm PDT

A photo posted by stephen mcmennamy (@smcmennamy) on Aug 6, 2015 at 4:31pm PDT

A photo posted by stephen mcmennamy (@smcmennamy) on Jul 23, 2015 at 4:25pm PDT

A photo posted by stephen mcmennamy (@smcmennamy) on May 28, 2015 at 5:34pm PDT

A photo posted by stephen mcmennamy (@smcmennamy) on Apr 30, 2015 at 5:29pm PDT

A photo posted by stephen mcmennamy (@smcmennamy) on Apr 23, 2015 at 5:28pm PDT

See more of Stephen McMennamy's work on Instagram.

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