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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!
SUBMITTED BY: Monica Brady-Myerov LOCATION: California Channeling the spirit of Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in public takes a lot of guts, especially if there is an anxious line of 12-year-olds behind you! (Monica Brady-Myerov is a senior reporter at Boston’s NPR affiliate, WBUR. She recently interviewed the Tacky Tourist Photos curators on the syndicated [...]
SUBMITTED BY: Nancy & Brian Pearson LOCATION: San Francisco (2009) Nancy and Brian thought that this famous row of Victorian San Francisco houses — a.k.a. “Postcard Row” – looked like a scale model or movie set… It was so perfect that Brian felt compelled to jump in there and play Godzilla. Nice finesse, guys. As [...]
SUBMITTED BY: Charley Ferrari LOCATION: San Francisco, California (2007) The classic 1966 Batman TV series with Adam West introduced us to the mystique of the canted angle, which conveys chaos and confusion. But what does a reverse canted angle (when the earth is canted and you uncant it) mean? No, these aren’t the Leaning Houses [...]
SUBMITTED BY: Brad Jacques LOCATION: Anaheim, California (2009) Just how old do you have to be these days to get hired as a Disney princess? Is there at least a rule that you have to have stopped playing with Barbies? To celebrate his 40th birthday, independent filmmaker Brad Jacques posed for pictures with Princess [...]
