However, Mennonite community values are more lenient to modern technology, and they disagree with the Amish on certain practices of excommunication. Both groups wear modest clothing, practice ...

(Exodous 20:14). Second, in a communal society that values humility, posing for photos is a sign of pride that calls attention to oneself and rubs against Amish beliefs about the importance of ...

taking away from the values of community and humility by which they govern their lives. Occasionally, Amish people did have their photos taken, as you can see with the couple in the first image ...