Tacky Tourist Photos

SUBMITTED BY: Chris Hartzell and Ame Wells    LOCATION: Zion National Park, Utah (2009)
Why bother with the burros and those eroding switchback trails when you can just use the shortcut?
Nature photographer Chris Hartzell has amazing balance to be able to maintain this Karate Kid pose. And his wife Ame has laser beam vision to be able [...]

SUBMITTED BY: Ari Zackin   LOCATION: Sarasota, Florida (2010)
Contrary to popular belief, a concrete tiger will never hurt you — as long as you leave it alone.

(Ari Zackin and his father Mark blog about their travels at http://zackinfamily.wordpress.com )

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: Kerry Byrne LOCATION: Florida (2010)
Move over, Jenny Craig.
Football guru Kerry Byrne has developed a fool-proof diet plan.
“If you want to look like you’ve lost weight, stand next to something much larger and rounder than you,” he says. “Voila! I don’t look a pound over 250 anymore.”
Keep your eye on where [...]

SUBMITTED BY: Heather Wang   LOCATION: Las Vegas, Nevada (2009)
In retrospect, it should have been obvious that Tiger Woods had much more on his mind on the golf course. Look at that gaze. We suspect he isn’t thinking about what par this hole is — or that he even cares [...]

SUBMITTED BY: Greg Constantine   LOCATION: Orlando, Florida (2009)
Having absolutely no fear of public drinking fountains, holding subway poles or sticking his tongue on supermarket carts, Greg eagerly awaits his first taste of germ-covered pretend honey.
H1N1 virus be damned!
(Filmmaker Greg Constantine, founder and CEO of Galaxy Editing, refuses to vacation at destinations NOT operated by [...]

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 [...]

SUBMITTED BY: Elizabeth    LOCATION: Salinas Grande Salt Flats, Argentina (2009)
If Coca Cola’s ad agencies don’t immediately snap up this spirited woman as their new spokesmodel, then Pepsi or RC Cola should POUNCE.
This is the most clever use of a Coke bottle since the anthropological comedy film “The Gods Must Be Crazy.”
But take a look at [...]

SUBMITTED BY: Emily Berezin   LOCATION: Cairo, Egypt (2009)
Wouldn’t the Middle East Peace talks be a little less boring with cheerleaders?
This once-in-a-lifetime pose was not done with Photoshop or trick photography. Emily simply jumped off the camel, which is resting on its stomach on the scorching desert sands of Giza.
Emily’s enthusiasm, optimism and exuberance [...]

SUBMITTED BY: Rebecca & Steven Resnick     LOCATION: Israel (2008)
Their family vacation was only a year ago, but Rebecca and her brother Steven can’t remember exactly where they took these precious “Hole-in-the-Head” shots of Moses and a Crusader.
“We know it was somewhere in northern Israel, possibly in the Golan Heights area, but disagree on whether [...]

SUBMITTED BY: Al Kaufman    LOCATION: Quincy Market, Boston
Some of our Boston readers were horrified when they saw this tourist aggressively pick the nose of bronzed Celtics legend Red Auerbach.
So here’s Celtics fanatic Al Kaufman to balance out the negative karma.
“Just because I’m a heterosexual man doesn’t mean that I can’t show love for the Celtic [...]

SUBMITTED BY: Tacky Tourist Photos LOCATION: Plymouth, Mass. (2009)
This is the Tacky Tourist Photo that got away.
Moments earlier, a hoodie-wearing college kid and his girlfriend posed for each other while pretending to try to choke themselves (hands around their throats) with Plymouth Rock as a backdrop.
The camera angle was high, [...]