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Saturday, January 05, 2008

Best Faces of 2007


"QUANTUM SHOT" #347
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Cast Your Vote for the Most Entertaining Face Expression
This is Part 2. See previous part here

As a sort of counter-point to the serious "best-of" and "top-lists" of 2007, here is a light-hearted look at how silly people can get, and did get in the past year, immortalized by the internet, for the posterity of future generations. Vote for your favorite photo (by number) in the comments below!

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(image credit: karete roksvåg)

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(image credit: nelsva)

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Nightclub life:

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The cute & the ugly, in one shot - in the following 2 pictures:

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(image credit: premalink)

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"Groovy" characters:

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Hilarity in all sides of life:

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(image credit: AFP PHOTO/William WEST)

Weddings consistently produce the whole spectrum of emotions:

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Controversial hair styles:

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Some great comparisons with animals:

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What a ride!

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Still the favorite sport for portrait photographers:

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Sometimes it's better not to show face at all:

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UPDATE: This just in:

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(Originals of most images are unknown, as they came from image aggregator sites. When known, images are used by permission of original owners.)

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25 Comments:

Blogger bart9h said...

many funny ones, but uglyest is surely the nr 4.

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hard to dicide.. I go for 19

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Picture number three is genetic. I can do it along with many members of my family. Some people find it disgusting, but, also because I can it do, find it funny.

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Anonymous Tangle said...

number 25 gets MY vote. But 44 is a close runner up- and jeez, I'd probably have an expression like that if I wore a dress which was giving me a mammogram all day.

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Blogger Jesse said...

19!

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

If you're including Photoshop fakes, then #4 gets my vote.

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Blogger Anubis_Priest said...

I vote for #19: The expression seems the most spontaneous and almost unintentional in the photo. The balloon object seems like the main focus of the shot.

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Anonymous Bunglebus said...

It's got to be no.25, that's scary!

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

#4 is not a Photoshop as such. It's from a screensaver released by a UK ad agency a couple of years ago that randomly took different parts of people's faces to come up with an aggregate one like the one here. Wish I could remember the name of the company ...

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Blogger oliver said...

#5 is from the 2000 U.S. Florida election debacle.

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

19. He's got to be hired as an extra for the next big monster flick!

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Blogger Cor said...

I actually know #19. That pic was taken during a balloon-toss activity at a fraternity convention. I assure you he doesn't always look like that. :)

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Definitely 19. It's just so classic.

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Blogger WalkerTalker & Bronco610 said...

#19 is best... but I have to say #23 is kinda creepy although I can't say why? And if I was the kid in #31 I know I'd start wailing!
BTW, enjoy the blog very much, keep it up guys.

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Anonymous Jamo said...

Number 35 looks like a young Farva (Kevin Heffernan).

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Anonymous mr.gene said...

very nice pictures :)

fake or not - it's funny

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

#25 looks like a waxwork-type sculpture. Maybe at some sort of themed tourist attraction?

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

28 has quite the pimpin 'stache :D he gets my vote.

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

52 upper right leaves me laughing hard

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Blogger Johnny Crow said...

#19 and then #35

Both classic and in the moment, oh and HILARIOUS!

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Wow, so many good ones! 25 is definitely my top pick- it had me ROFL. 37's a close second though.

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

57 got it beat!!!

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OpenID khathi said...

#43 is a quite famous Russian poet and writer, Dmitry Bykov, and the photo isn't from his wedding, IIRC, but from some literary convention where he was awarded one more prize. In fact, you can see parts of the event logo on the wall.

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Yeah, definitely 19. It's just so right, but yet so awkward.

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Blogger Paul Irish said...

I'd like to compete with #3 if I could: http://flickr.com/photos/imnewtryme/3163816319/

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