Property of ThinkStock, who are responsible for an alarming number of the offerings in this post
“Completely explainable stock photos everybody should always use.” – Awkward Stock Photos
I take a terrible picture, so I have total sympathy for the subjects of bad photos. However, these people have no excuse. These are stock photos styled so bizarrely, so distressingly, so hilariously wrong that there was no good reason for them to exist. Until along came AwkwardStockPhotos.com, the Etsomnia of the stock photo world.
I’d love to be a fly on the wall for the taking of some of these unforgettable images. Don’t you wish they’d gone back and interviewed the subjects about what they thought of what they were being asked to do and how the photographers prevailed upon them to do it?
There are some real howlers here. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did.
This woman is very serious about her Kegels. Property of ThinkStock
This weirdly reminds me of Eric Stoltz’s character in Mask. Property of Corbis Images
No hedgehogs were harmed in the making of this completely bizarre and unusable photo. Property of ThinkStock
Maybe they thought this would be used for a sinus medicine ad? Property of ThinkStock
This is why when I get on an elevator, I try not to touch anything. Property of ThinkStock
Listen, I, too, love bacon, but enough is enough. And why is the pig wearing what appears to be a white tiger Snuggie? Property of ThinkStock
And here’s a close second for the title of most awkward. Property of ShutterStock
This one wins the awkward photo of all time award. Do we think the horse is deceased, or only praying for death? Property of Getty Images
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November 3, 2014 at 9:20 am
Hilarious way to start a dreary, chilly Monday. Thank you!
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November 3, 2014 at 10:08 am
I feel like I could write an entire book of short stories inspired by these terrible photos.
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November 3, 2014 at 11:22 am
You could!!
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November 3, 2014 at 5:52 pm
Huh. Why IS that pig wearing a tiger suit?
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November 3, 2014 at 5:56 pm
Nobody knows.
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November 3, 2014 at 9:02 pm
I do not want to know the people who decided to take these pictures.
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November 3, 2014 at 10:00 pm
Perhaps that’s for the best.
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November 4, 2014 at 4:23 pm
Oh boy. You are the master of finding ridiculous things on the internet. Thanks for the giggle.
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November 4, 2014 at 4:33 pm
It’s my superpower! That and carb loading.
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November 4, 2014 at 4:35 pm
Oh if I could get paid for carb loading… 😉
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February 27, 2017 at 5:37 pm
What the flipping heck is going on in each of these images? I feel like these should be the starting prompt for a whole bunch of creative writing exercises.
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February 27, 2017 at 6:28 pm
That’s a great idea!
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