Embrace them. Honor them. Share them with us...
TTP celebrates the goofy pictures we pose for when we let our guard down as tourists – because photos of sunsets and statues can get pretty damn boring.
We love to connect with fellow travelers who don't take themselves too seriously -- and especially seek contributions from childhood vacation albums!
Barack Obama has millions of friends. Barack Obama has millions of enemies.
We don’t get caught up in domestic political squabbles here at Tacky Tourist Photos, although we do occasionally stick our nose into international affairs.
Bottom line is this. TTP loves Barack Obama for fulfilling our spirit and mission during this 2006 campaign stop.
We invite him [...]
SUBMITTED BY: Rachel and Steve Moore LOCATION: Branson, Missouri (2009)
Rachel and her brother Steve weren’t looking for a religious experience when they hit the Hollywood Wax Museum in Branson. Most of the museum met their expectations (Forrest Gump on a bench, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis, etc.), but the glowing room with the Pope [...]
Swine Flu is absolutely hilarious until you start choking on your own cough reflex and feel your head incinerate like a furnace.
In the glamorous city of Lviv, Ukraine, a photog from the French AFP news service just captured this authentic Ukrainian woman afraid to breath the fresh Ukrainian air.
Equally afraid is this bronze statue of [...]
SUBMITTED BY: Mike Faucher LOCATION: Boston, Massachusetts (2003)
And you thought the frozen Ted Williams got abused?
The bronzed Red Auerbach, the basketball mastermind who coached the Boston Celtics dynasty in the 1960s and puffed cigar smoke in opponents’ faces, can’t get any respect either.
Says Tacky Tourist Photos model Mike Faucher: “Who says you can [...]
SUBMITTED BY: Laura Molta LOCATION: Madrid, Spain (2009)
There are several deeply troubling aspects to this seemingly innocent tourist photo.
First is the cavalier attitude and body posture of the tourist: LOOK AT ME! I AM LEANING UP AGAINST AN AUTHENTIC BLUE-COLLAR WORKER!
What’s with the casual knee bend?
Second, this alleged tribute to an [...]
SUBMITTED BY: Laura Molta LOCATION: Madrid, Spain (2009)
Tourists in Madrid can now pose with this rather unimposing generic matador.
We’d be more impressed if city officials paid tribute to the Greatest Bullfighter of All Time.
Bugs Bunny.
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.
