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Tourists Posing Identically at World Landmarks

Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy

Have you ever seen a snapshot of someone pretending to hold up the Leaning Tower of Pisa? Perhaps you've taken a similar picture yourself. Photographer Martin Parr's photo series Small World illustrates just how similar people are around the world, which is especially evident in tourist hotspots.

It's comical how many people pose in the same fashion at the same tourist locations. The British photographer's candid images capture people around the world having identical interactions with their environments that are embarrassingly relatable. I know I've pretended to wear a monument or two as a hat...


The Matterhorn at Swiss Alps



Acropolis in Athens, Greece


Magaluf - Majorca, Spain



The Pyramids in Egypt

Martin Parr's website

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Comment by Bulkka on October 19, 2011 at 12:51pm
we love martin :)
Comment by sAm on October 14, 2011 at 12:03pm
LOL, the first photo is classic.
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