A 50 year old woman just asked me for my picture.
But DMV would not allow me to have a license without giving her my picture.
(for those in rio linda, she works for DMV)
It is normal for representatives to have the pictures of pages from the pages' office so you can see who is asking for references.
Context.
If you met a number of Congress members you would know that many of them barely have a double digit IQ.
So, they ask for pictures and keep score on which of the other pages are "in great shape"?
Who do you think you're crappin'? The context of the e-mail was Hot Teenage Pages, not "gee I need your picture for the Congressional page yearbook."
How many congressman ask pages for picures themselves in case they need to write a reference? How many have staffers do such legwork?