One of ten new public statues in the rather superbly named city of Sugar Land in Texas.
The female group selfie dip in bronze.
Apparently, the locals hate it.
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One of ten new public statues in the rather superbly named city of Sugar Land in Texas.
The female group selfie dip in bronze.
Apparently, the locals hate it.
If the locals hate it I’m sure there are plenty of people elsewhere who, like me, will love it :-)
There’ll be people taking selfies in front of the selfie statue and then people will be taking selfies in front of the people taking selfies and then it’ll be chaos as selfception kicks in and Leo is overlooked for another Oscar.
I’m not surprised the locals hate it. Immortalising vanity. Yay.
Argh!! The bobbing thing!! Why bob with no one behind you!!
it pushes your breasts into the frame in a ‘flattering’ way
I’ve noticed that effect in some of my recent holiday snaps.
As I’m a man, it’s not terribly flattering.
Ok, I tried it but it doesn’t really do anything that a strategically placed arm lift wouldn’t do. Am I doing it wrong? Do I need to do duck face to pull them up at the same time?! Being a woman is so hard!
Touch your elbows in front, while holding the phone for a selfie. Same effect on the cleavage area…. but you’ll look fierce awkward like.
And where’s the duckface?
I think that’s out now but St John seems to be the expert
is it not cause her wee pal is only little ?
Nice work. But I remember when statues were of important people, or at the very least had some message for people. Isn’t that the point? I’m sure the next time there’s a surge in semi precious metal value someone will take a hacksaw to this anyway.
Is there a blog or something that catalogues awful bronze statues put up by committees/local governments.
Phil Lynott, Amy Winehouse, that presidential plinth in new ross, this, etc.
There seems to be a tendency amongst the unimaginative, lets remake the exact image of something, but in bronze. Therefore it must be of value.
I like the Philo statue.
The Sonia O’Sullivan one is atrocious, unfortunately.
Ah yeah. won’t have a word said against the Philo statue. He was important and worth remembering.
The locals are right
The faces on bronze statutes are always horrendous.
This is my favourite bronze statue, it’s in Toronto
https://c1.staticflickr.com/7/6213/6257901958_844a9066e2_b.jpg
Oh that’s fantastic. Thanks for sharing!
That’s soooooooo sexist, two women only, portrayed as self absorbed vanity projects, FFS! Did they not check the immersion before they left… bet they weren’t grinning when they got home, eh!
#EverydaySexism Ted
#clampersneedsaliedown
Or an enema
Thought it was lovely Dublin, where see any number of actual live statues stoping to yes, take a selfie again.
… https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/Sliedrecht_monument_crossline.jpg
I like this Dutch-English.
The text on the plaque: “REMINDER TO CROSS THE LINE THE CROSS LINE HAS AN IMPORTANT ROLE PLAYED IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR. THERE WAS IN THE YEARS ’44 -’45 A ROUTE BETWEEN SLIEDRECHT AND LOW ZWALUWE WHERE PEOPLE ALONG, MEDICINES AND INFORMATION WERE TRANSPORTED. THE crossers PERFORMED WITH canoes and rowing boats UNDER THE EYE OF THE GERMANS AND risked their lives for FREEDOM OF OUR COUNTRY. WE HOPE THAT FREEDOM NEVER WILL COME IN DANGER. MONUMENT IS MADE IN 1965 BY HANS BAYENS IN 1966 REVEALED BY HRH PRINCE BERNHARD AND 1985 adopted by OUR SCHOOL. STUDENT GROUP 8 PUBLIC SCHOOL Henri Dunant. June 1988. “