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WE’RE ONLY HILARIOUS when we’re on holiday, aren’t we? What is it about the combination of the world’s major tourist attractions and the distorted perspective of a camera lens that makes certain jokey poses irresistible?
Check out these holiday snaps that show we might not be as original as we think…
11 jokey holiday snaps every tourist takes at major monuments
This pic shows a tourist in 1954! (Pic: Barratts/S&G Barratts/EMPICS Archive/PA Wire)
Thinking like Rodin's Le Penseur
There are a few facsimiles of these sculptures around the world - but the tourist pose is always the same... (Pic: elPadawan/Flickr)
Thinking like Rodin's Le Penseur
Pic: Alex Dawson/Flickr
Pinching the tip of the Washington Monument, USA
Pic: Kamoteus (A New Beginning)/Flickr
Pinching the tip of the Washington Monument, USA
Pic: Abir Anwar/Flickr
Being bosom buddies with Molly Malone statue, Dublin
Pic: Eric the Fish/Flickr
Being bosom buddies with Molly Malone statue, Dublin
Pic: AP Photo/Peter Morrison
Doing a Rocky at Philadelphia Museum of Art
He started it. (Pic: AP Photo/George Widman)
Doing a Rocky at Philadelphia Museum of Art
Pic: Jim Capaldi/Flickr
Doing a Rocky on the steps of Philadelphia Museum of Art
Pic: Neeta Lind/Flickr
Doing a Rocky on the steps of Philadelphia Museum of Art
Pic: Brandon Weight/Flickr
Playing with perspective on salt flats, Bolivia
The world's largest salt flats at Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia stretch so far and are so undulating that it can be fun to play with perspective in photos... (Pic: Alicia Nijdam/Flickr)
Playing with perspective, salt flats, Bolivia
Pic: Javier Ignacio AcuAta Ditzel/Flickr
Squeezing into Cu Chi tunnels, Vietnam
Pic: David McKelvey/Flickr
Squeezing into Cu Chi tunnels, Vietnam
Pic: Charlotte Marillet/Flickr
Balancing the inverted pyramid at Louvre, Paris
Pic: Marko Kudjerski/Flickr
Balancing the inverted pyramid at Louvre, Paris
Pic: Brian Burk/Flickr
Stretching arms with Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro
Pic: Mike Vondran/Flickr
Stretching arms with Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro
Pic: Ben Tavener/Flickr
Sitting with Patrick Kavangh, Grand Canal
Pic: Janet McKnight
Sitting with Patrick Kavanagh, Grand Canal
Yes, that is Jeffrey Archer. (Pic: Graham Hughes/Photocall Ireland)
Thursday 26 December, 2024
Thursday 26 December, 2024
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11 jokey holiday snaps every tourist takes at major monuments
WE’RE ONLY HILARIOUS when we’re on holiday, aren’t we? What is it about the combination of the world’s major tourist attractions and the distorted perspective of a camera lens that makes certain jokey poses irresistible?
Check out these holiday snaps that show we might not be as original as we think…
Holding up the Tower of Pisa, Italy
Holding up the Tower of Pisa, Italy
Thinking like Rodin's Le Penseur
Thinking like Rodin's Le Penseur
Pinching the tip of the Washington Monument, USA
Pinching the tip of the Washington Monument, USA
Being bosom buddies with Molly Malone statue, Dublin
Being bosom buddies with Molly Malone statue, Dublin
Doing a Rocky at Philadelphia Museum of Art
Doing a Rocky at Philadelphia Museum of Art
Doing a Rocky on the steps of Philadelphia Museum of Art
Doing a Rocky on the steps of Philadelphia Museum of Art
Playing with perspective on salt flats, Bolivia
Playing with perspective, salt flats, Bolivia
Squeezing into Cu Chi tunnels, Vietnam
Squeezing into Cu Chi tunnels, Vietnam
Balancing the inverted pyramid at Louvre, Paris
Balancing the inverted pyramid at Louvre, Paris
Stretching arms with Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro
Stretching arms with Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro
Sitting with Patrick Kavangh, Grand Canal
Sitting with Patrick Kavanagh, Grand Canal
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