Is there a term for this?

[Robo814]

Hello everyone..

I am wondering if there is a term for this... a friend of mine showed me some pictures that someone took on a trip to a foreign country. He took several pictures of the locals holding a tennis ball.

I too will be doing some traveling soon and thought this might be a neat idea to have some sort of object like a toy or stuffed animal or something along those lines, with me on my travels to take pictures of the locals holding this object. then maybe give this as a gift or maybe to a family member as a souvenir.. or not? ;)

anywayz... i was just wondering if there was term or phrase for something like this that i can google and maybe see some examples?

Thanks

[SOK]

Errr....don't know if there is a term for this, and not sure what you need to learn beyond what you've described above....

Have you seen Ryant35's ducky thread (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=551251)?

[Karl Johnston]

I've started doing this with a ptarmi doll. :D

[yogestee]

The only pictures I've got of locals holding something were glasses of beer:lol:

[darosk]

Sorta like Where the hell is Matt (http://vimeo.com/1211060), except with photographs, and sans the bad dancing :) An interesting idea.

[yogestee]

It's a bit like the prank some years ago where someone would kidnap a garden gnome and take it on an overseas holiday.. Then send the family photos of said gnome in front of the Eiffel Tower, Stonehenge or Ayers Rock, or all three..

"Hi Mum and Dad,, I'm in Paris as you can see by the photo. I'm loving the food and the girls"

See you soon

Love
Gnomie 0x0x0x0x

[lettershop]

hehehe, brings up all kind of fun pranks to do to your relatives.....

[Dennis_Hammer]

My sister-in-law does this with a Capt. Picard doll for about 15 yrs now. Once she dropped it over the border into China and devastated when the chinese border polie wouldn't let her retrieve it.

[Radtech1]

I would call it "Gnoming", after a prank where an Australian Garden Gnome was stolen, and a note left behind saying that he was "bored" and went to go "see the world". Over the next year, the owners received anonymous photos in the mail of their gnome in front of sites all over the world. Then, one day, the Gnome was returned and the photos stopped. As I understand it, they never did find out who pulled the prank, and it was this that was the inspiration to have a "traveling gnome" be the "spokesman" for Travelocity. (Or was it Orbitz?)

Anyway, I would call it Gnoming, and I would use the term with such certainty, that it would seem - to anyone who didn't know - that is what it has been called forever.

Rad

[Robo814]

Great!

Thanks for all the feedback...

Anthony

[CafeRacer808]

I would call it "Gnoming", after a prank where an Australian Garden Gnome was stolen, and a note left behind saying that he was "bored" and went to go "see the world". Over the next year, the owners received anonymous photos in the mail of their gnome in front of sites all over the world. Then, one day, the Gnome was returned and the photos stopped. As I understand it, they never did find out who pulled the prank, and it was this that was the inspiration to have a "traveling gnome" be the "spokesman" for Travelocity. (Or was it Orbitz?)

Anyway, I would call it Gnoming, and I would use the term with such certainty, that it would seem - to anyone who didn't know - that is what it has been called forever.

Rad


I didn't know this actually happened... I always thought it was just a clever storyline from the movie Amelie. You learn something new every day...

[number six]

How about a rubber duckie? You can buy them in quantity and give 'em away if you want.

Check out this thread: http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=551251

[yogestee]

I didn't know this actually happened... I always thought it was just a clever storyline from the movie Amelie. You learn something new every day...

My word it has happened.. Where I'm from in Australia a couple of university students kidnapped a garden gnome after they graduated and took it on an overseas holiday.. Postcards and pictures were sent to the family.. The family saw the funny side of it and took the story to the local newspaper.. The 'paper would have a weekly update of the gnome's travels complete with pictures.. The funniest picture was taken on a beach in SE Asia where the kidnappers actually painted the gnome's face brown with (I think) shoe polish.. The story read something like this-- "Getting a great tan on the beach in Thailand (?)"

[Wilt]

Too bad they started charging for checked baggage, thereby bringing an end to the subsidy of gnoming!

[golfecho]

It's a bit like the prank some years ago where someone would kidnap a garden gnome and take it on an overseas holiday.. Then send the family photos of said gnome in front of the Eiffel Tower, Stonehenge or Ayers Rock, or all three..



I heard of a variation on this idea once, only the pictures would show up with a blindfold over the eyes, and a ransom note sign propped up in front . . .

[Radtech1]

I didn't know this actually happened... I always thought it was just a clever storyline from the movie Amelie. You learn something new every day...

My word it has happened.. Where I'm from in Australia a couple of university students kidnapped a garden gnome after they graduated and took it on an overseas holiday.. Postcards and pictures were sent to the family.. The family saw the funny side of it and took the story to the local newspaper.. The 'paper would have a weekly update of the gnome's travels complete with pictures.. The funniest picture was taken on a beach in SE Asia where the kidnappers actually painted the gnome's face brown with (I think) shoe polish.. The story read something like this-- "Getting a great tan on the beach in Thailand (?)"

I first heard about it listening to NPR. Had to have been sometime between 84 and 88. (Based on the job I had which required a drive that allowed me to listen to NPR)

According to Wikipedia, the tradition was first recorded in Australia in the 1980s. The Sydney Morning Herald referenced it on September 24, 1986: 'An Eastern suburbs gnome-owner was distressed when she discovered her gnome had been stolen at the weekend. A note was found in its place: "Dear mum, couldn't stand the solitude any longer. Gone off to see the world. Don't be worried, I'll be back soon. Love Bilbo xxx."'

Rad

[yogestee]

I first heard about it listening to NPR. Had to have been sometime between 84 and 88. (Based on the job I had which required a drive that allowed me to listen to NPR)

According to Wikipedia, the tradition was first recorded in Australia in the 1980s. The Sydney Morning Herald referenced it on September 24, 1986: 'An Eastern suburbs gnome-owner was distressed when she discovered her gnome had been stolen at the weekend. A note was found in its place: "Dear mum, couldn't stand the solitude any longer. Gone off to see the world. Don't be worried, I'll be back soon. Love Bilbo xxx."'

Rad

Kind of reminds me of the Drop Bear scam in the New York Times..