Tacky Tourist Photos

SUBMITTED BY: Tacky Tourist Photos    LOCATION: Manchester, New Hampshire (2007)
Not to go all Michael Moore on you, but there really isn’t that much difference between a child hugging a giant walking cell phone and a child cuddling with a giant walking rat at Disney.
One caveat: All those conflicting medical studies warning us not to [...]

SUBMITTED BY: Tacky Tourist Photos    LOCATION: Hopkinton County Fair, New Hampshire (2009)
We have no problems using burly cigar-smoking guys and intimidation to sell popcorn.
Just please change the sign!

SUBMITTED BY: Michael Graham   SECRET LOCATION: Somewhere in Israel (2004)
We know it’s the wrong country. We know he lacks a cute little helmet with his name printed on it. But whenever a conservative talk show host poses with a tank, he’s thinking about 1988 Democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis:
(Michael Graham is [...]

SUBMITTED BY: Michael Graham   SECRET LOCATION: Somewhere in Israel (2004)
These Israeli troops are not the same ones featured in Maxim Magazine’s infamous “World’s Sexiest Soldiers” bikini photo spread. But the question remains: Are there any other militaries which rival the Israel Defense Forces in popularity as tourist props?
Michael was in Israel to [...]

SUBMITTED BY: Chris Morena   LOCATION: Kissimmee, Florida (2009)
Stuntman and character actor Chris Morena, who was once a line up suspect on NBC’s Law & Order, takes his tacky tourist photo-ops seriously.
As well he should.
Notice the passion and energy that Chris demonstrates as he interacts with the wooden board and the fake Will Ferrell [...]

SUBMITTED BY; Brian Henderson   LOCATION: San Francisco, California
Those Creature Double Feature monster movies are always attacking New York or Tokyo.
It’s about time another city got picked on!
(Brian Henderson is a photojournalist with an uncanny ability to dance like a Dr. Seuss character).

SUBMITTED BY: Barrie Mirman   LOCATION: Somewhere in the French Countryside (2009)
The man in this picture has multiple engineering degrees from prestigious universities.
Yet, it does not register to him that rolling a square is a lot tougher than rolling a circle!
(Barrie Mirman is thrilled to be married to the co-founder of Tacky Tourist Photos. [...]

SUBMITTED BY: Ilya Mirman      LOCATION: The Louvre, Paris, France (2009)
Is ANY painting or ANY museum exhibit worth waiting in lines longer than the Outback Steakhouse on a Saturday?
Is it possible to enjoy the Mona Lisa when you know there are dozens of people hovering behind you, wishing that you would disappear?
No [...]

These dice need no elaboration, however, it is odd they are being marketed next to Eiffel keychains and coasters. Nice product placement, souvenir store guy!

SUBMITTED BY: Andreas Papaioannides   LOCATION: Seine River, Paris, France (2009)
How many American tourists does it take to hang on an iron ship anchor ring?
We don’t resolve that question here because two of these three guys are citizens of Greece.  We won’t tell you which ones, because, well, Tacky Tourist Photos believes we are all [...]

SUBMITTED BY: Ilya Mirman    LOCATION: Louvre Fountains — Paris, France (2009)
This is either an inside joke or the next Benneton jeans ad.
Strike that. If this were a Benneton ad, there would be a female priest and a female rabbi making out, with each one being a different ethnicity just to rile up people who get [...]

SUBMITTED BY: Brandon Pusey    LOCATION: Paris, France (2009)
OK, so this Eiffel Tower hat trick isn’t perfect. The white tourist van protruding from Brandon’s cheek kills the magic. It’s extremely difficult to coax foreigners to choose a different parking space — especially in a foreign language in a foreign land.
It should be noted [...]

SUBMITTED BY: Brandon Seppa, Tara Seppa, Ilya Mirman, Barrie Mirman, and Brandon Pusey
LOCATION: Paris, France (2009)
We launch France Week with perhaps the most iconic tacky tourist landmark besides the Leaning Miniskirt of Pisa.
Our Tacky Team skipped over the traditional hold-the-famous-landmark-in-your-palm and goofed around with other poses. Unlike the congested trick photography lanes in front [...]

France means many things to many people.
For military strategists, it is a place to ruminate about the dumbest national defense plan EVER, the Maginot Line.
For Sylvester Stallone fans, it is the place where Sly once played goalie against an All-Star Gestapo soccer team and showed that anything is possible if you grunt and snarl with [...]

SUBMITTED BY: Brian Henderson    LOCATION: Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts
Now appearing Off-Off-Off-Off-Broadway: Brian Henderson and the Sneeches!
(Brian Henderson is a photojournalist who vacations with the elite on Martha’s Vineyard. Efforts to perform for President Barack Obama were unsuccessful).

OTHER TACKY MARTHA’S VINEYARD SNAPSHOTS:
Death of an Amphibian Icon: Kermit the Frog at the West Tisbury Fair.