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world's most famous landmarks replaced by cheap souvenirs

dailymail.co.uk — At a moment's glance this picture could be the real Big Ben. But then you notice the hand below and the incredible optical illusion is revealed. Tourist Michael Hughes today unveiled his extraordinary holiday snaps of the world's famous landmarks - perfectly blended with cheap souvenirs. Michael, 56, stumbled across his unusual technique in 1998

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  • basye, on 10/06/2008, -2/+188The Abbey Road cd was unique.
    • btschul, on 10/06/2008, -9/+3I set it as my desktop.
    • londonflare, on 10/06/2008, -1/+23as someone who used to get the bus past the Zebra crossing on Abbey Road at least twice a day I can assure you it is not unique.
      • pfhayter, on 10/06/2008, -1/+13I thought there was a degree of sarcasm in the original comment.
      • GawtMilk, on 10/07/2008, -0/+1Why is the Statue of Liberty "infamous"?
    • capnawesome, on 10/06/2008, -0/+19would have been cooler if he'd used the vinyl ..the plastic case looks kind of bad.
      • mouthymadness, on 10/06/2008, -6/+1But it's also an older case. Thus it makes it cool.
      • Mononuclear, on 10/06/2008, -0/+7the whole point was using cheap souvenirs in the photos of landmarks...
    • uggidi, on 10/06/2008, -1/+3very creative
    • Tyrghast, on 10/06/2008, -3/+22And the Pyramid had a boner.
      • Apokalyps2547, on 10/07/2008, -0/+3The sexual desires of camels
        are greater than most people think.
        One night in a siezure of passion,
        one tried to make love to the Sphinx.
        Now the Sphinx is made out of sandstone,
        and its rear has been plugged by the Nile,
        which accounts for the hump of the camel
        and the Sphinx's inscrutable smile.
    • cheeseplease, on 10/06/2008, -0/+7I got kind of sad when I saw the Abbey Road one. It's close to half a century ago that the Beatles walked there, the photo on the road to me is symbolic for the feeling of an entire generation, and now it's just a road with some long gone memories, given the illusion of life for a second by holding the CD case at the exact right spot.

      Yeah, I'm probably going too deep into this.
      • RandomLife, on 10/07/2008, -0/+1No, I'm with you there. It caught me the same way.
    • yuanzhoulu, on 10/07/2008, -0/+2the eiffel & big ben were good, the others suck.
  • tanjuska, on 10/06/2008, -5/+30Great idea! :)
    • JeremyK684, on 10/06/2008, -11/+1That's what SHE said!
      • Jwoey, on 10/06/2008, -4/+3after I suggested making pop tarts for breakfast!
    • TVarmy, on 10/06/2008, -7/+3How else are we to pay for the bailouts? We have to sell what we have and replace it with cheap stuff. I'm pretty sure we could sell the Chrysler Building for a couple billion and just prop up a keychain.
    • desertDenizen, on 10/06/2008, -2/+4The photographer says nobody will copy him because it's hard.

      Um, no.
      • d4ftpunk, on 10/06/2008, -1/+0Not as hard as the pyramid-boner....
      • DanLXIX, on 10/07/2008, -0/+2Yeah, that arrogance ruined it for me.
  • LimeParrot, on 10/06/2008, -6/+317Damn, when did the pyramids get a giant wang.
    • elislider, on 10/06/2008, -1/+18I'm glad I'm not one of the other pyramids... Thousands of years of penis envy....
    • fredrockbluff, on 10/06/2008, -0/+12they've always been there, but they only get excited once every couple hundred years. good timing
    • dougwastaken, on 10/06/2008, -0/+2Teh sun god Ra wanted to see what love triangles were all about.
    • brownsound00, on 10/06/2008, -1/+8they saw your mom
    • adriaaan, on 10/12/2008, -9/+2***** you, two of my friends died getting giant wangs!
    • papadopus, on 10/07/2008, -0/+1I lol'd for that picture
    • NRay7882, on 10/07/2008, -0/+2Done better with tasteful music. Yes, it's from Snatch.

      http://suevenirz.ytmnd.com/

      And this was made 2 years ago. :P
  • savocado, on 10/06/2008, -47/+8This is as old as McCain - http://revision3.com/diggreel/jellym/
    • Whitehat51, on 10/06/2008, -1/+15THIS ISN'T A POLITICAL DISCUSSION
  • AmyVernon, on 10/06/2008, -3/+18Those are really cool. He really lined them up so well with the landmarks. Loved the State of Liberty one because it was so goofy.
  • DavidGuetta9, on 10/06/2008, -8/+8Pretty clever.
    • Chrisnosbest, on 10/06/2008, -7/+1I have seen about 50 of these souvenir replacement posts since I first heard of this site, many years ago. I am tired of it why aren't you?! It is not original, kids under the age of 10 have been doing it since the beginning of replica souvenirs.
  • LemonHerb, on 10/06/2008, -2/+58Wow, that guy has gone a lot of places.
    • onionlayer, on 10/06/2008, -0/+6He's better than us.
    • desertDenizen, on 10/06/2008, -1/+18I like the part where he inserts a cheap souvenir into the photo.
      • RadiatedAnt, on 10/06/2008, -1/+8I like the part where someone commented that meme about liking parts.
      • betheturtle, on 10/07/2008, -0/+1I like the self-references.
  • zooto68, on 10/06/2008, -25/+10Buried for being regurgitated for the 100th time.
    • btschul, on 10/06/2008, -3/+22I've never seen it before.
    • wiseman08, on 10/06/2008, -2/+5No one gives a flying ***** if you've seen it 10000 times. I haven't seen it before. I am a busy person who does not have time to catch every damn thing posted here and I am sure there are countless others like me.

      There always has to be a smug "I've seen this before" ***** like you in every submission.

      ***** you.
  • elizabethb221, on 10/06/2008, -10/+2I have a friend that takes pictures of his hand grabbing animals at the zoo or famous landmarks. It's pretty humerous.
    • alex7575, on 10/06/2008, -1/+12Yeah, that sounds hilerious
    • kiiwii, on 10/06/2008, -0/+9You people are horible spelers.
      • solarweasel, on 10/06/2008, -1/+2wut do you mean by 'you peeple'?
      • jeremyosborne81, on 10/06/2008, -1/+2wat du U meeen bi 'yu peaple'?
    • Mujokan, on 10/06/2008, -0/+8No, it's not particularly humerus. Unless it was a picture of the bone in his upper arm. Which would be kind of cool.
  • khanable, on 10/06/2008, -4/+140dugg because it was original and cool

    /back to reading about palin
    • Mujokan, on 10/06/2008, -2/+5Reading about Palin will drive you insane, as per Call Of Cthulhu. But not reading about Palin means that Cthulhu will own your ass.

      We sacrifice to the horrific sea god from beyond the insane depths of time and space, you decide.

      Good luck,
      Cthulhu.
    • MrWally, on 10/06/2008, -2/+6But didn't you hear? Palin is a Maverick.

      She IS original and cool!!!
  • BIGJHUB, on 10/06/2008, -7/+1That's so cool!
  • BoonTobias, on 10/06/2008, -14/+41i like the part where he replaced landmarks with cheap souvenirs
  • ScrewedThePooch, on 10/06/2008, -17/+8Why is the Statue of Liberty referred to as "the infamous landmark." Perhaps because freedom no longer applies under the PATRIOT Act?
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    • elnerdo, on 10/06/2008, -0/+3But honestly, people need to learn to use words properly. The Statue of Liberty is not an 'infamous landmark'.
  • Maytel, on 10/06/2008, -5/+0That's cute~
  • btschul, on 10/06/2008, -4/+124"infamous landmark"? Is there something about the Statue of Liberty that I don't know?
    • Remmiz, on 10/06/2008, -0/+134It's full of dead hookers.
      • russ3, on 10/06/2008, -0/+111shhh, its important the live hookers still think its full of cocaine
      • cheeseplease, on 10/06/2008, -2/+17wtf guys I thought we agreed to keep this secret
      • Guardiandevil91, on 10/06/2008, -0/+10I love you guys.
      • betheturtle, on 10/07/2008, -1/+1I guess thats what you get for accepting presents from French people.
    • KingGorilla, on 10/06/2008, -0/+18Does the pyramid have a pen holder or is it just happy to see Lady Liberty?
    • ju66l3r, on 10/06/2008, -0/+1Maybe he is a big fan of Prince Vigo von Homburg Deutschendorf.
    • pkizzle, on 10/07/2008, -0/+4No, no, no,.... "not infamous", In-Famous. As in "more than just famous". sheesh.
  • BossKey, on 10/06/2008, -1/+29I thought he was going to use his fingers to crush the heads of tourists.
  • j0hnk377y, on 10/06/2008, -22/+0Nice carbon footprint
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  • kellybp1, on 10/06/2008, -8/+13What exactly is infamous about the statue of liberty?
    • btschul, on 10/06/2008, -6/+18There is a huge beating heart in the center.
    • shipwreck58, on 10/06/2008, -2/+18It's where Guilianni hid all of the dead Hobos when he had 42nd street cleaned up.
    • mouthymadness, on 10/06/2008, -9/+2It's infamous now because Chuck Norris round housed it. Thats why its now holding his words on encouragement.
    • Qumahlin, on 10/06/2008, -1/+4because having a symbol of liberty as the greeting to our country at a time like this is laughable.

      Then read the statue's creedo and then read the current immigration laws and backlog and wonder to yourself why we haven't taken the damn thing down.
  • RodBorn, on 10/06/2008, -11/+5First person who calls this "avant garde art" gets beaten over the head with my framed Dogs Playing Poker picture.
    • KatelynLiz, on 10/06/2008, -0/+27Wow...this is so unique and different. It really pushes the bounds of traditional art. I'd even venture so far as to call it avant garde art!
  • hairywart, on 10/06/2008, -7/+1stupid
  • ShootTheCore, on 10/06/2008, -9/+2Why exactly is the Statue of Liberty "infamous"?
    • thegrantman, on 10/06/2008, -0/+25You didn't see the porn video?
    • Aguyinachair, on 10/06/2008, -2/+2I remember that one, that was the one where liberty splattered all over the camera lens right?
  • dobbinmon, on 10/06/2008, -13/+1great idea, shame they're all shopped
    • Barney255, on 10/06/2008, -0/+3i think the giant hand in each picture shopped them ¬-¬
  • antoniuk, on 10/06/2008, -17/+3"Hi, I'm an ***** who likes to show off that I travel the world instead of holding down a real job where I contribute to society"

    Communist Cat is not amused
    • borez, on 10/06/2008, -1/+8Yeah, coz some people actually have a life.
    • Remmiz, on 10/06/2008, -0/+15"Michael, who travels extensively with his job, said the hobby has progressed into a 'sport with its own rules'."

      lel reading is hard!
      • mouthymadness, on 10/06/2008, -6/+2Taking pictures is a sport?
      • Jektal, on 10/06/2008, -1/+5Shooting a deer with a high-powered rifle while hiding in a camouflaged hut in a tree is a sport?

        Tossing darts at a target is a sport?

        Swimming is a sport?

        Driving a car around in circles for 3 hours is a sport?
  • davidkeithjones, on 10/06/2008, -8/+3Title makes this article sound like an attack piece. Ended up being a cool photography trick. Not newsworthy either way.
  • futurepro9, on 10/06/2008, -2/+19That was a lot cooler than I thought it would be.
  • TBombadil, on 10/06/2008, -6/+74uhh the Abby road album is hardly a cheap souvenir.
    • andrewlotta, on 10/06/2008, -1/+18Get over yourself.
    • cheeseplease, on 10/06/2008, -0/+2To buy it for $9,99 with added DRM, that would be a cheap souvenir.
  • chevrongolf, on 10/06/2008, -3/+3So I wonder what his day job is...
  • MBostonS, on 10/06/2008, -8/+1No LEGO Buckingham Palace?

    And when was the riverbank of Helsinki, Finland deemed "one of the most famous landmarks in the world"? I must have missed that one.
  • IphtashuFitz, on 10/06/2008, -1/+22That guy must have two incredibly steady hands.
    • calenerd, on 10/06/2008, -3/+4a tripod my friend, a tripod.
      • IphtashuFitz, on 10/06/2008, -1/+3That's not a tripod holding up the souvenirs.
      • BossKey, on 10/06/2008, -1/+5Photographically speaking, just about all the shots were taken in bright daylight. This makes a fast, motion-freezing shutter speed possible, which in turn makes it practical to completely hand-hold these shots. No tripod needed.
      • IphtashuFitz, on 10/06/2008, -1/+2True, BossKey, but still being able to hold the souvenir in precisely the right spot while snapping he photo takes two incredibly steady hands, whether using a tripod or not. Any trembling in either hand can move the souvenir out of position or bump a tripod mounted camera enough to create the same problem.
      • BossKey, on 10/06/2008, -0/+3@IphtashuFitz - ah, what you are saying about the positioning precision is true, I agree there.
      • penguinofhonor, on 10/07/2008, -0/+3Well, IphtashuFitz, he probably messed up on a few photos. Nobody said that he only had one shot.
      • calenerd, on 10/07/2008, -0/+1I meant he could fix a tripod to his camera, and hold up the souvenirs.
    • mouthymadness, on 10/06/2008, -1/+18You mean he puts his hand on a tripod?
      • bitweever, on 10/06/2008, -1/+13Maybe he has a tripod with a disembodied hand on it.
      • betheturtle, on 10/07/2008, -0/+1Yeah, more portable that way.
    • trademarkhero, on 10/06/2008, -4/+1Or a tripod.
  • protodon, on 10/06/2008, -0/+72I've never been to a place where souvenirs were cheap!
    • Mononuclear, on 10/06/2008, -1/+2depends on where you buy them. If you get them in gift shops at tourist traps then they aren't cheap.
      • chiefbandit2200, on 10/06/2008, -1/+4Where else do you buy souvenirs?
      • cheeseplease, on 10/06/2008, -0/+2True. Here in Amsterdam for example, souvenir prices drop by half as soon as you take one step out of the city center.
      • Mononuclear, on 10/06/2008, -0/+1You get them from a gift shop or even a normal store off the beaten path. For example instead of buying a statue of liberty souvenir on Ellis Island you instead buy it from a wallmart in New York etc. You can usually get the same exact thing for much cheaper.
    • volacide, on 10/07/2008, -0/+2Almost all souvenirs are cheap but they're rarely ever cheap.
  • ejacobwolf, on 10/06/2008, -11/+8this guy has the whole world in his hands...


  • zmaj88, on 10/06/2008, -4/+4Well the Abbey Road Picture is quite interesting.
    Since both the Beatles and the guy on the picture wear similar clothing. :)
  • BoonTobias, on 10/06/2008, -9/+4What exactly is infamous about the statue of liberty?
    • kellybp1, on 10/06/2008, -2/+2MrBabyMan lives inside
    • 1longtime, on 10/06/2008, -1/+5It's an antenna to our Alien Overlords. We must fight those green bastards lest it cost us everything!
    • Jektal, on 10/06/2008, -1/+23It attracts the same questions over and over again
  • rmclellan119, on 10/06/2008, -6/+1simply amazing
  • UnFriendlyFire, on 10/06/2008, -9/+1Abbey Road FTW
  • Halokhan, on 10/06/2008, -9/+2Dugg for creativity on digg.
  • MistaSkinner, on 10/06/2008, -8/+1This is the coolest!
  • southeastbeast, on 10/06/2008, -9/+2That was awesome. Why didn't I think of that crap? Oh wait I'm not a photographer
  • ncapone, on 10/06/2008, -4/+7I have not heard of this Statue of Liberty. What and where is it?
    • alexkball, on 10/06/2008, -13/+1It's my *****; and it's in my pants.
      • KevinRWright, on 10/07/2008, -1/+6That explains why it's hard to find.
    • PHJames88, on 10/07/2008, -1/+2I don't know. Would you happen to know the word?
  • tpearl, on 10/06/2008, -10/+5That is retarded.
  • Rainbow101, on 10/06/2008, -7/+2This was on digg before, not too long ago.
  • alkajazz, on 10/06/2008, -20/+34Buried

    This ***** story has been on digg over a million ***** times. Not to mention the countless times family members email me this ***** with the subject "This is really neat-o!"
    • Barney255, on 10/06/2008, -0/+16dugg for the use of 'neat-o'
    • inbyronwetrust, on 10/06/2008, -2/+19Buried
      This comment has been on digg over a million ***** times.
    • cheeseplease, on 10/06/2008, -1/+2Getting maaad baby!
  • cosmicsmudge, on 10/06/2008, -2/+5cool...
    better than the standard "leaning" against the washington monument photos or holding the eiffel tower between your thumb and index finger.
  • Lankerson, on 10/06/2008, -12/+5buried threefold::
    1: it's *****
    2: it's from the daily mail
    3: it's ***** and from the daily mail
  • shipwreck58, on 10/06/2008, -1/+2Pretty neat.
  • edlwannabe, on 10/06/2008, -1/+5Carmen Sandiego strikes again!
  • saymawa, on 10/06/2008, -2/+2terribly written article though. hyperbole at its finest.
  • erichw1504, on 10/06/2008, -1/+66To sum up all of the above comments:
    1. Wow, cool and originial!
    2. That was stupid, buried.
    3. Why is the Statue of Liberty "infamous"?
    • DMoney16, on 10/06/2008, -0/+6@3. I know, I had no idea the British hated liberty so much
    • mrblue182, on 10/06/2008, -0/+5Isn't that how every article is commented? (except for of course 3)
    • Culero, on 10/06/2008, -0/+5I like this speed digging concept. digg
    • cheeseplease, on 10/06/2008, -0/+3That's a pretty neat way to take all the fun out of the comments.
  • WaFFeL54, on 10/06/2008, -2/+2I think i've seen this before...either way its still a pretty cool idea
    • rebeccasuzanne, on 10/06/2008, -0/+1So have I, I'm not sure if it's the same guy or not but it's still pretty neat. I did this same thing in photography class in high school - only not with monuments.
  • scabbers, on 10/06/2008, -7/+21WHY IS THE DAILY MAIL ALWAYS ON THE FRONT PAGE? WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU PEOPLE?
    • ographer, on 10/06/2008, -2/+3it's a cool story... that's why
      • scabbers, on 10/06/2008, -0/+6But other papers ran the same story and they're -never- on the front page of digg. It's also not the first time I've seen this guy's work, so I suppose I have to forgive all the damn newbies to the internet.
      • kotatsu, on 10/06/2008, -0/+4And it's driving traffic to an ultra right wing racist tabloid hate rag. That a good enough reason to bury it for you?
    • d4ftpunk, on 10/06/2008, -0/+1It´s like the newspaper version of Fox News!
      What´s not to like?
    • superman1023, on 10/07/2008, -0/+1why are you named after a rat?
    • cgomez82, on 10/07/2008, -0/+0What do you mean you people? Huh!
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