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Photobombing

Act of making an unsolicited appearance in a photograph

Photobombing is the act of purposely putting oneself into the view of a photograph, often in order to play a practical joke on the photographer or the subjects. Photobombing has received significant coverage since 2009. although in the sense of unintended or initially unnoticed people in the background of spoiled photographs, photobombs have existed for much of the history of photography.

In 2014, "photobomb" was named Word of the Year by the Collins English Dictionary after several photos of celebrities photobombing at awards ceremonies had gone viral.

Examples in the media

Bill Clinton photobombed Kelly Clarkson during her performance of "My Country 'Tis of Thee" at the second inauguration of Barack Obama in 2013. A few weeks later, Clarkson herself photobombed Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi at the 2013 Grammy Awards.]).
Queen Elizabeth II photobombed two Australian athletes at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. The resulting image was displayed for a question in that year's edition of The Big Fat Quiz of the Year.
A putative "first photobomb", taken by Mary Dillwyn circa 1853, was discussed in a Wikimedia Foundation blog in 2015.
On social media, a man in a giraffe costume has been seen speeding past a family on a ski slope in Colorado posing for a picture, which is an example of a video photobomb.
Prince Harry photobombing America's Next Top Model Winnie Harlow and her agent at a lunch after the Audi Polo Challenge.
Paul McCartney photobombed fellow Beatle George Harrison and some female fans.
Jack Black and Dustin Hoffman photobombed Angelina Jolie.
Ed Sheeran, fan of Ipswich Town F.C., photobombed a Norwich City F.C. fan along with Adam Drury and Grant Holt.

References

"Definition of photobomb". [[Oxford English Dictionary]].
DenHoed, Andrea. (9 October 2012). "A Few Words About the Stingray Photobomb". [[The New Yorker]].
Shaffi, Sarah. (23 October 2014). "'Photobomb' judged Collins' 'Word of the Year'".
(25 September 2015). "This 1853 image might show the first photobomb".
Hayner, Chris E.. (22 January 2013). "Bill Clinton photobomb with Kelly Clarkson at inauguration goes viral". Zap2it.
Rubenstein, Jenna Hally. (11 February 2013). "Kelly Clarkson Pulled Off The Best Photobomb EVER At The Grammys!! (PHOTO)". MTV Buzzworthy.
Kruse, Zach. (20 December 2012). "The Best of Aaron Rodgers' Photobombs". Bleacher Report.
(28 July 2014). "PHOTO: Queen Elizabeth pulls off epic photobomb". Metro New York.
Erhart, Ed. (18 September 2015). "The first smile and photobomb ever photographed". Wikimedia Blog.
Moody, Darrell. (10 March 2015). "Skier in giraffe suit executes epic 'photobomb'". WDBO-FM.
Rosseinski, Katie. (30 May 2016). "Prince Harry Photobombs A Model".
Raul. (18 April 2016). "Paul McCartney's Famous 1964 Photobombing The Beatles George Harrison".
(3 May 2013). "Celebrity Photobombers".
Innes, Richard. (27 February 2017). "Ipswich fan Ed Sheeran swearily photobombing Norwich City legends at East Anglia derby will make your day". Daily Mirror.

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