There’s something about stock photos that make them instantly recognizable as a genre, a weird, posey cheesiness often unified by hilariously bad photo editing. When you see a stock photo, you just know that it’s a stock photo.
Trying to represent so many different topics, ideas, concepts, and scenarios into single photographs make the job difficult for photographers and actors, and how they fail is a source of absolute comedy gold. The hashtag #BadStockPhotosOfMyJob, originally started by scientists, has been going around and it is a perfect collection of the times when stock photographers clearly had no idea what they were doing with their weird photos. The fails, along with the funny photoshop, inherent cheesiness of the weird stock photos and the indignation of those whose jobs are woefully misrepresented, combine for a perfect storm of funny photos!
Scroll down below to check out a list of Bored Panda’s favorite funny stock photos!
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Image source: johnthevet
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Image source: XtremeRPh
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Image source: MikeSidel
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Image source: DrJenGunter
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Image source: skepticpedi
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Image source: tauntz
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Image source: medievalismish
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Image source: James_W_C
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Image source: firefoxx66
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Image source: Trouty_Trout
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Image source: JuliusGoat
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Image source: ShannaGermain
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Image source: JimMFelton
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Image source: Samanticka
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Image source: DrSCubed
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Image source: carlson_natasha
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Image source: LizTunbridge
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Image source: Duke_of_neural
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Image source: leofromtherock
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Image source: _JohnnyJones
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Image source: Botanygeek
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Image source: Andrew_AL98
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Image source: Nicole_Paulk
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Image source: craftmike
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Image source: tara818
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Image source: bmarcus128
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Image source: engineerchick85
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Image source: c00kiekobold
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Image source: AnnemariebArt
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Image source: the_only_RN
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Image source: blendertom
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Image source: Sim0nRedfern
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Image source: MicrobiomDigest
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Image source: astefanowitsch
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Image source: fluorescent0
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Image source: ChristaTrex
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Image source: DrCarnivorous
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Image source: kasson_wvu
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Image source: doegox
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Image source: _njd_
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Image source: VernonSys
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Image source: luketharrington
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Image source: Creatrix5
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Image source: UrsulaV
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Image source: mariekeriethof
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Image source: ncdominie
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Image source: nuclearkatie
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Image source: ladyjulbug
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Image source: Samanthosaurus
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Image source: concernecus
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Image source: scarynetworkguy
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Image source: SheepishSophie
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Image source: GEO_Schultze
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Image source: LorijnSZ
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Image source: AKM0711
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Image source: darnea1232
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Image source: waiterich
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Image source: orvphotos
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Image source: mcnees
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Image source: elleryfrahm
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Image source: DeermanHunter
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Image source: jennir
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Image source: paulcoxon
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Image source: SWoolzie
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Image source: myelfeyessee
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Image source: mallory_barnes
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Image source: ClarissaBoschi
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Image source: RainBlackKat
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Image source: BIObus_Canada
#71
Image source: phytoplanktonic
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Image source: cataniac
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Image source: wisteria_tea
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Image source: bobskool
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Image source: dhsimmons1
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Image source: LUMCONscience
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Image source: AllthingsIC
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Image source: rebeccahedron
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Image source: DGlaucomflecken
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Image source: CamilaLafetaRD
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Image source: hammerheadbat
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Image source: LesliePotashner
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Image source: StotterMD
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Image source: Feed4Speed
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Image source: claremackint0sh
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Image source: MicrobiomDigest
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Image source: GeneticsCam
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Image source: iamjustJS
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Image source: Neuro_musings
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Image source: DrStanStan
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Image source: PlanetSabine
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Image source: sakamping
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Image source: BrightSilence
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Image source: queenofcarbs
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Image source: EddieRobson
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Image source: phildiggle
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Image source: chrisgough2
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Image source: KazemiAlex
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Image source: bula_niki
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Image source: DamaniaLab
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Image source: XCsci
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Image source: Heledd_Wyn
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Image source: ShahlaFarzan
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Image source: MicrobiomDigest
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Image source: AstroKatie
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Image source: marxjohnson
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Image source: kurorori
#108
Image source: KaneJenni
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Image source: MicrobiomDigest
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Image source: almirathunstrom
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Image source: elleryfrahm
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Image source: KateAdamala
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Image source: rhovdayyyyy
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Image source: guillaumelobet
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Image source: almirathunstrom
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Image source: biomedmichelle
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Image source: jvveenvliet
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Image source: DrJenGunter
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Image source: nthiffault
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Image source: RayTruant
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Image source: HopeJahren
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Image source: DollarDumber
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Image source: AstroMikeMerri
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Image source: powerm1985
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Image source: vickyyyf
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Image source: JasonGlor
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Image source: TARDIS4
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Image source: alperezqui
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Image source: ShandiyaB
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Image source: paulcoxon
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Image source: chronicleflask
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Image source: hannahaggie2014
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Image source: sbstewartlaing
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Image source: drburns1212
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Image source: powerofplants3
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Image source: MicrobiomDigest
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Image source: Brodmann46
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Image source: JLKavanaugh
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Image source: racybearhold
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Image source: DrErinWill
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Image source: mousquemere
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Image source: LynnSosnoskie
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Image source: paulcoxon
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Image source: MaureenBug
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Image source: kevynrussel
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Image source: DrKillgrove
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Image source: PACropDoc
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Image source: taliaschaffer1
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