Hilarious Periodical Photo Bombs

An Anonymous Photographed Transit Passengers with Celebrity Faces

A clever anonymous created a series of periodical photo bombs on the subway. This brilliantly bored transit photographer folded newspaper pages and photographed public transit passengers with their faces covered and substituted with that of celebrity and icons' such as Yoda, Queen Elizabeth, Kate Middleton, Shakespeare, Natalie Portman and David Beckham. 

The newspaper photo bomb series is hilarious due to how accurately the faces in the newspapers are matched up with those of the passengers. The compositions they create are unusual and fun.

Daily subway rides to and back from work can undoubtedly get a bit monotonous. However, this comical anonymous has found a fantastic way to induce a taste of creativity to pass their time and created a meme that will surely be shared around for a period of time.

Periodical Photo Bombs
Anonymous photo bombing in newspapers creating funny compositions involving public transit passengers and celebrity faces.
Subway Entertainment
New ways of amusing and entertaining riders during their daily commute, like anonymous photo bombing
Viral Content Creation
Creating viral content through the use of interesting and amusing transit photography

Where This Applies

Publishing
Creating newspapers or other periodicals focusing on amusing content for public transportation riders.
Advertising
Using periodical photo bombing as a new advertising tool for transit-related products or services.
Tourism
Using photo bombing as a way of spotlighting local tourist attractions for subway riders.
SCORE
3.4 out of 10
GENDER
50% Men50% Women
MARKETTop markets: North America
GENERATION
  • Gen Alpha
  • Gen Z (primary audience)
  • Millennial (primary audience)
  • Gen X (primary audience)
POPULARITY
Popularity 55%
Activity 38%
Freshness 8%

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