Museum Exhibit Showcases ‘Most Awkward Family Photos Ever’
A traveling museum exhibit is hilariously showcasing the "most awkward family photos ever" taken.
A traveling museum exhibit is hilariously showcasing the "most awkward family photos ever" taken.
Artist Pixelcrush has put together a series of brutally honest caricatures that are equally likely to entertain and ruffle a few feathers. The series captures the "typical" male and female photographers "the everyone knows"—and like most caricatures, not all of these characters are... flattering.
Some couples are naturals when it comes to posing gracefully for the camera, while others may be more awkward …
There's no getting around it, former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair should have picked a different photo before he and his wife sent out this year's Christmas card (yes... that's their actual card). Sent to us by a reader, this wonderfully awkward image is good for a laugh and perhaps a cringe or two.
Well this is awkward... We're all for people advocating for copyright law and making sure that people at least understand that it's bad to steal other people's intellectual property, but if you're going to do it, you might want to follow your own rules.
Case in point: Anti-piracy group The Business Software Alliance was called out this weekend for allegedly using a stolen photo in an anti-piracy ad that encouraged people to turn in unlicensed software users.
This might be the worst Photoshopping we've ever seen... maybe even worse than the floating inspectors from China. Because while usually the Photoshop goof-ups pointed out by websites like Jezebel aren't all that horrific (as the Lena Dunham debacle pointed out), in this case, they hit the mother load.
If you need a laugh this Thursday, look no further: the Student Union of Nottingham Trent University in England has you covered with a viral video they released a couple of days ago. It's a classic that never seems to get old: a montage of people smiling or posing awkwardly for what they think is a photo, when in fact it's video the Student Union was shooting.
Do you always laugh and squirm when you look back at official school pictures from "awkward years"? You're not alone -- take a peek at the Awkward Years Project and you'll see what we mean. The project was started by a Utah-based graphic designer and photography enthusiast named Merilee, who's collecting then-and-now portraits to show people who have blossomed since their awkward teen days.
Ready for a laugh? The above video was put together by the band Go Periscope's Florin Merano, and it shows him goofing off with his friends by pretending he's taking their picture when, in fact, he's shooting video. It's hilarious and even hard to watch at times as his friends awkwardly hold poses for what seems like an eternity waiting for him to snap a photo that he has no intention of taking.
Here’s a humorous short film titled “Smile” by director …
This is probably the strangest and most awkward thing you'll see today. It's a short 5-minute video titled "The World's Most Downloaded Man" that chronicles photographer Fernado Martins' journey to meet Jesper Bruun, the world's best-selling stock photography model.
Photographer Lilly McElroy has a unique series of photos titled I Throw Myself At Men that consists of self-portraits showing her launching herself into the arms of strangers.
For this project I went to a lot of bars and I literally threw myself at men who I didn't know. I used my body as a projectile, hurling myself toward strong, vulnerable men who were waiting to catch me. Poised in a perpetual state of social awkwardness and in full possession of the ability to subvert stereotypical gender roles, the photographs pose questions concerning relationships, social connection, sex, gender, and the desire to form relationships quickly that are both intense and long lasting.
The project got started after McElroy placed ads on Craigslist asking for men who'd be willing to meet blind date-style in bars and have McElroy throw herself at them.