Photobombing News

As you can see Photobombing has been dormant for quite some time now. Everything was working great whilst the project was running during the summer of 2007, however the decision was taken to put things on hold in order to re-develop the web side of the project.

During the next two months the new website will come online and Photobombing will be relaunched. This will coincide with a UK Photobombing tour; mass Photobombing of cities and rural locations within a short period of time.

Photobombing version 2 will allow anyone to contribute a Photograph for bombing. I will then print the photograph and bomb it. If you have any images that you would like to contribute email them to bomber@photobombing.com - thanks!

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Photobomb-0048; Peachy

Photobomb-0048; Peachy, originally uploaded by photobombing.

I posted a few photos around Keighley on Thursday. This one in the bus station.

Photobomb-0065; focus on reflections

Photobomb-0065; focus on reflections, originally uploaded by photobombing.

Brilliant. Fantastic bombing. Liking your description too!

It's all backwards, like it's reflected and that. I cured it's back-to-frontness with a massive dose of 'Mirror'.

The bogs in Lloyds bar Chorlton. Under the mirror. I put it back. It's still there. Check it out.

Second & Third Contact

National Media Museum, Bradford:

Sonia's Smile, Haworth:

Thank so much!

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Bradford Blitz

Hit Bradford today; mainly around the University & College, but also in the National Media Museum.

Please let me know if you've found any of the bombs! Either leave a comment here, or send an email to help@photobombing.com.

Photobomb-0134 on top of a live view of Bradford, at the Media Museum.

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Rained Off & Got Mail?

I was planning to release more photos today, either in and around Keighley or elsewhere in West Yorkshire. However the rain has prevented that, so I decided to launch my first spree of PhotoMailBombs.

If you receive any of these photos, it would be so greatly appreciated if you photograph the pictures you receive and send them to flickr using the send photos page. But by no means feel obligated!

Quite separately if you receive them - I hope you like the photographs. Even if you dislike them, any comments are appreciated.

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Photobomb-0124; Benicassim, Party

Photobomb-0124; Benicassim, Party, originally uploaded by photobombing.

Probably the best photo I ever took. Good times!

Help & FAQ

I thought it would be useful to have a primary source of all the basic information on Photobombing, explaining how it works, and why.

• What is photobombing? In a nutshell!

  Attaching printed photographs (taken from my photo-diary of May 06 to May 07) to public places, posting them through letter boxes, or even mailing them semi-randomly to strangers.

  I try to take a new photograph of each picture that I put in place, so there is a history of where I left it.

  Each photo has a photobomb ID number written on the back as well as a link to this website. Anyone who finds a photobomb, can log onto the website and using the ID number written on the back can view the original image in digital format and also any photographs I have taken of the printed version in place (in theory, where you found it)

  I'm also trying to encourage anyone who finds or receives a photobomb to photograph it themselves, and then you can upload the photo using this form and it will appear with all the other photos.

• I have a Photobomb, what shall I do now?

  First of all you should search for your photobomb ID. To do this use the "Search for Bombs" option on the menu to the left. Simply enter the ID number and press Find. This should show you at least two photos, the original (that you have printed) and also a photo of the original in place. NB All the photos are actually stored on flickr.com photo sharing

  Secondly, take a digital photograph of your printed photo, in a location of your choice and send it to the website using this form.

  Thirdly, have some fun with it; have a look at the photobombing map to see all the photobombs in a geographical context, browse the other photobombs, or it would be really appreciated if you leave some feedback or comments.

  Finally, decide what to do with the photo. If you want to keep it, do, its yours. If you don't want to keep it however, it would be nice if you could either stick it somewhere else or post it to a friend; anything that is not just discarding it and throwing it away. Any photos taken of these activities can also be uploaded and will add to the project overall.

• I can't find my photobomb, what shall I do now?

  Please contact help@photobombing.com and we will see what we can do!

• How do you decide who/where gets a photobomb?

  Essentially it is a random process. If you have a photobomb, and you don't want it, I'm very sorry - please just ignore it.

• My bomb is not on the list, whats going on there?

  Mistakes happen.... please contact help@photobombing.com with your information and we will rectify it as soon as possible

• How can I get involved?

  There's a few ways this can be done. If you live in an area that has been or will be bombed, then you can keep a check on the photobomb map to see if any bombs appear near by. If they do, you can go and hunt them. If you aren't sure, then email help@photobombing.com to ask.

  Secondly, if you'd like to receieve a photo mail bomb - email the same email address with your snail mail address and we'll send one to you!

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Haworth Map

If you've landed here after finding a photobomb in Haworth, it might be interesting to look at this map of all the Haworth photobombs from 12th June (yesterday).

It shows my photos of all the bombs from yesterday and where they were taken, superimposed onto a aerial photograph and street map.

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Photobomb-0001; Self Portrait with Jewish Moustache

Photobomb-0001; Self Portrait with Jewish Moustache, originally uploaded by photobombing.

Me, and me.

Photobomb-0006; Goose Crossing

Photobomb-0006; Goose Crossing, originally uploaded by photobombing.

One of around 20 bombs in Haworth from yesterday.

How to: Send your photos

Use this form to upload your photos to the photobombing flickr page. If you have found a photobomb loose in the wild, it would be really cool if you take a photo of it either with you, or in a place of your choice. Once you've done this, you can use the form below to upload it.

Once your photo has been uploaded, you can search for it using "Search for Photobomb" on the left of this website.

IMPORTANT: make sure you enter the photobomb ID in the box provided.

Choose a file to upload
Photobomb ID
Title
Description of Photo
Location Taken

Once you click upload you may have to wait for a few minutes, depending on how large the photo you're sending is.

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The Bombing Index

I've created a page on this website which has a list of all the photobombs that exist. On it you can see each photo's bomb ID number (this is on the label on the back of the photograph) and then the title, location of where it was bombed and a link to view it and any other linked photographs on flickr.

You can access the page at any time on this website, using the "Photobombing Index" link to the left.

Also I'm planning a splurge of bombing in the next few days.

Photobomb-0042; Hazel

I did quite an extensive bombing run around the Chatham Building today... this is a photo of one of my tutors on her office door. Photobomb-0042; Hazel, originally uploaded by photobombing.

Did anyone find this one?

Photobomb-0005; Tobacco Tin & Pint

Photobomb-0005; Tobacco Tin & Pint, originally uploaded by photobombing.

In a pub in Keighley

If you click on this photo and then click on the tag "photobomb-0005" you should be able to a see link to the photo of this one in the place where I left it.

Direct Hit

I got a hit!



Thanks, Luke.

Photobomb-0018; Caiti Pot

Photobomb-0018; Caiti Pot, originally uploaded by photobombing.

This is my favourite placement for today, I think.

It is actually where the photo was taken.

Photobomb-0027; Old Gas Works

Photobomb-0027; Old Gas Works, originally uploaded by photobombing.

I returned to this photo after about 20 minutes to find it had gone. But then I saw it on the ground beneath me.

Maybe this isn't going to work.

(I did put it back though)

Photobomb-0002; Frugal Fred

Photobomb-0002; Frugal Fred, originally uploaded by photobombing.

I stuck this photo on the Abbey National ATM in Keighley.

Photobomb Slideshow

Click on the photo to skip to the next one.

If there is a problem with the slideshow, please try this one.

Blitzkrieg is On

Photobombing has begun! The first few strikes were in my home town of Keighley, West Yorkshire.

I will be updating the flickr group soon with images of the photo bombed locations and more information. If you've found one of the bombs, and you'd like to, leave a comment (just use the link below) or drop me a line to tell me what you thought.

More bombs soon, I think Manchester will be my next target location.

What is Photobombing?

Have you found a photobomb? Or have you just landed here for some other reason. Read on to find out what its all about.

Photobombing; the act of attaching the images from my photo-diary of the last year to public places, for anyone to find and enjoy, be critical of, laugh at or appreciate. I want to find out what "the world" thinks about my images out of their original context of being hung in a gallery.

If you have found one of my images, you can see the original and see my pictures of it in the places I've put them by looking at the flickr group; http://www.flickr.com/photos/photobombing.You might have been snapped whilst taking the picture down!

If you have any comments to make or any of the pictures have made you think something in particular, drop me a line. You can either drop me an email with joseph.lindley@gmail.com or you could leave a comment here or through flickr.

If you have found an image, but you don't want to keep it for whatever reason, please stick it back up either where you found it, or somewhere else. You could even leave a message on the back for the next person who finds it. Alternatively just give it someone you know who might like it. Or if you think it's that bad then do the decent thing, and put it in the bin.

Upload Complete

Thanks for uploading the photo! Your photo will be visible on the photobombing flickr page in a few minutes, and should be displayed when you search for your photobomb ID using the search box to the left.

If you've just clicked on this out of curiosity or ended up here by some other reason - there isn't very much of interest here, I suggest you go somewhere else!

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Photobomb Index

This is a list of all the photo bombs and some basic information about them.

Photobomb ID	Title	Bomb Location	Link
0001	Self Portrait, With Jewish Moustache	Not Yet Bombed	View
0002	Frugal Fred	Abbey National Keighley	View
0003	Dog Poo Bin	Chiller, Sainsburys, Keighley	View
0004	David and the Technicoloured Tanktop	The Red Pig Notice Board, Keighley	View
0005	Tobacco Tin & Pint	Keighley	View
0006	Goose Crossing	Zebra Crossing, Haworth.	View
0007	Dentistry	The back of a Volvo.	View
0008	Tv On Mobile	A portaloo.	View
0009	Pendle Hill, at Sunset	Wycoller Car Park Bench half way up Main Street. Posted to BBC Complaints	View
0010	Pirate Parking Space	Northern Qtr, Manchester	View
0011	One, Two, Three	Room 123, Chatham Building, MMU, Manchester	View
0012	Naci Por No Morir	Gallery 2, National Media Museum.	View
0013	Brundretts Snow	Peugeot, Brundretts Rd, Chorlton, Manchester	View
0014	Traffic Light Tea	Star Bucks, Triangle Centre, Manchester	View
0015	Public Transport Muse	Meal Deal Sign, Bradford.	View
0016	Bed Post Protest	Not Yet Bombed	View
0017	Matt & Fred by a Tree	Tree stump, near Hartington School (ex.)	View
0018	Caiti Pot	Beside Urbis, Manchester	View
0019	Leap of Faith	Scorching Deals, Sainsburys, Keighley	View
0020	Leap of Faith (2)	Not Yet Bombed	View
0021	Odd Architectural Lines	Not Yet Bombed	View
0022	Serious Engineering	Sainsburys, Keighley	View
0023	Shiny German Building	New RNCM Building, Oxford Rd, Manchester	View
0024	Matthew's Bad Hair Day	Lloyds, Chorlton, Manchester	View
0025	Manchester Rust	Not Yet Bombed	View
0026	Say it With Fruit	Fruit Stall, All Saints, Manchester	View
0027	Old Gas Works	Whitworth Street West, Manchester	View
0028	Blown Away	Railings, Near Bradford College.	View
0029	Is this locker taken?	Chatham Building, MMU, Manchester	View
0031	Brain Juice	Sainsburys, Keighley	View
0032	Wake Up Call	Not Yet Bombed	View
0033	Kate Moss Fold	Post Box, Haworth	View
0034	Bin Girls	Not Yet Bombed	View
0035	Self Portrait, Brundretts Background	Not Yet Bombed	View
0036	Rounds	Mail Box, Cafe, Main Street, Haworth.	View
0037	Bullet Hole	On the Keloggs Bar shelf, Sainsburys, Keighley	View
0038	Matthew Through the Glasses	Chatham Building, MMU, Manchester	View
0039	Please Remove	Chatham Building, MMU, Manchester	View
0040	Gifts from Above	Posted to Department for Culture, Media and Sport	View
0041	Traffic Tea	Lloyds, Chorlton, Manchester	View
0042	Hazel	Intereactive Arts Office, MMU, Manchester	View
0043	Focus on Reflections	Lloyds, Chorlton, Manchester	View
0044	17 Hal	In a darkened room, National Media Museum	View
0045	Magoo	Iron Door, Haworth.	View
0046	Take the bus!	Number 85 Bus, Manchester	View
0047	Shine a Light	On a Van, near Haworth	View
0048	Peachy	Keighley Bus Station	View
0049	Vice	Posted to Department for Culture, Media and Sport Also, Red Pig Notice Board, Keighley	View
0050	Leaves	Posted to BBC Complaints	View
0051	Little Prince	Letter box, set of 3 bombs.	View
0052	Skylight	On a sign-post, Haworth.	View
0053	Fluid & Flight	Posted to Juliette Bingham	View
0054	Search	Sainsburys, Keighley	View
0055	Another Pub, Another Pint	Not Yet Bombed	View
0056	Fine Print	Chatham Building AV Store, MMU, Manchester	View
0057	Outlaws	Outside Bradford University, on a car.	View
0058	Classy Men	Bus stop between Oakworth & Haworth	View
0059	Canal Walk	Not Yet Bombed	View
0060	Chair on Brundretts Road (2)	In a Marylin Monroe adorned hand bag, Nation Media Museum gift shop.	View
0061	Hail Stones	Sainsburys, Keighley	View
0062	Chair on Brundretts Road	Not Yet Bombed	View
0063	Fun Bubbles	Not Yet Bombed	View
0064	Paper in Studio	On a road-works sign, near Bradford University.	View
0065	Focus on Reflections	Lloyds, Chorlton, Manchester	View
0066	Confusion	On a bin outside Haworth Primary School.	View
0067	Diagram for Happiness	Room 145, Chatham, MMU, Manchester	View
0068	Flux, Chorlton Water Park	Near Bradford College, in a triangle.	View
0069	Break Convention	Nr Deansgate, Manchester	View
0070	Entrails	In a triangle of concrete, near Bradford College.	View
0071	Escape	Not Yet Bombed	View
0072	Drunken Perspective	In the toilet, The Fleece, Haworth.	View
0072	Baby Fingers	Through a letter box, Main Street, Haworth.	View
0080	Mountain Bird, Floating on the Clouds (with couscous)	Posted to Sharon Hodkin.	View
0081	Cool Headphones	National Media Museum	View
0082	Monumental Meaning	White Lion, Car Park	View
0083	Berliner Style Building	Posted to Department for Culture, Media and Sport	View
0084	Hometimes	Bench, half way up Main Street.	View
0085	Departures	Outside Bradford University, on a car.	View
0086	Happy Holidays!	National Media Museum	View
0087	Intreague	Posted to Juliette Bingham	View
0088	Art Studio Internals	Posted to Richard Lindley.	View
0089	Modernism	Iron Gate, Haworth.	View
0090	Match, Made	Card Rack, Sainsburys, Keighley	View
0091	5 Heads Better Than 2	Posted to Jody Joy.	View
0092	Studious	Not Yet Bombed	View
0093	Rubbish, Porn	In Cosmopolitan, Sainsburys, Keighley	View
0094	Rubbish, Plastic	Not Yet Bombed	View
0095	Homely Damsons	Providence/Mytholmes Lane	View
0096	Cowboys	Private Eye, Sainsburys, Keighley	View
0097	Tree Graffiti	Bus stop by Ebor Lane, Haworth.	View
0098	Cancer Like Clouds	Toilet, The Fleece.	View
0099	Sunshine	On a table, The Fleece, Haworth Main Street.	View
0100	Finger Haze	Not Yet Bombed	View
0101	Willing Incarceration	A porthole to the darkened room, National Media Museum.	View
0102	Strawberry Circus	Small Park, on Mytholmes, Haworth	View
0103	Singing Ringing Tree, Tubes	Outside Haworth Police place.	View
0104	Clone Face	Spooks, Haworth.	View
0105	Clone Face	Mailed to Patrick Findler (USA)	View
0106	What's on the box?	Not Yet Bombed	View
0107	Good Times	Posted to Jody Joy.	View
0108	Beach Party, Benicassim	Alfa Romeo, Haworth	View
0109	Distorted Relationship Between Face & Arm	Short cut from Doctors Surgery to Main Street, Haworth.	View
0110	Peaceful Sub Terrain	Posted to Department for Culture, Media and Sport	View
0111	5 Heads Better Than 2	Bus Stop, outside Haworth Primary School.	View
0112	TV Threesome	Telegraph & Argus Sign, Bradford.	View
0113	Singing Tree, Windy Day	Posted to Sharon Hodkin	View
0114	Berlin Subway	Car Park sign, Bradford.	View
0115	Perfectly Poised	Floor, National Media Museum.	View
0116	My Shoes, Opposed	Mailed to Patrick Findler (USA)	View
0117	Kim Stephens, Bite-Lip	Centenary Square, Bradford	View
0118	Spanish Refuge	"The fun section", National Media Museum	View
0119	It was a Celidh	Cricketers Downstairs, Keighley	View
0120	Soft, Hardwood	Inside a kind of mirror ball thing, National Media Museum	View
0121	Go to sleep my little babes..	Centernary Square, Bradford	View
0122	Two Faces, Make a Nightcap	Not Yet Bombed	View
0123	I felt like a Hunter	Bench, National Media Museum Passed on to Morrisons Cafe, Yeadon. Thank you to mellonclan!	View
0124	Benicassim, Party	Live projection of Bradford, National Media Museum.	View
0125	Pouring of the Ale	Not Yet Bombed	View
0126	Conkers Mate	Centenary Square, Bradford	View
0127	Betty Boop Sock	National Media Museum	View
0128	Manchester Wheel	Near Wallace & Gromit, National Media Museum.	View
0129	Spanish Graffiti, by the beach	Not Yet Bombed	View
0130	Beer Distortion	Not Yet Bombed	View
0131	Bogey Handed	Not Yet Bombed	View
0132	Respectable Boy	Not Yet Bombed	View
0133	Picturesque Beauty Spot	Not Yet Bombed	View
0134	Sparkles	Iron Door, Haworth.	View
0135	Strange Mirror	Not Yet Bombed	View
0136	Easily Misread	Outside Bradford College.	View
0137	Classic Rails	A Door.	View
0138	Private, Parody	On a sign that reads "Please do not empty your dog here", in the Black Bull car park.	View
0139	Keeper of the Arcade	Grit box, Bradford College.	View
0140	Pigeon Place	White post, near grit box, Bradford College.	View
0141	Smooth Jewish Monument	Unsure - do you know?	View
0142	Blurred Lights	Outside Bradford University, on a car.	View
0143	Beautiful Message	Not Yet Bombed	View
0144	Goosey	Bradford College Sign	View
0145	Yawn	Bus Stop, near Bradford University. Eye spy.	View
0146	Roll Up	Litter Bin, outside Bradford College.	View
0147	Fill... Full	Near Bradford College.	View
0148	Droplets	Not Yet Bombed	View
0149	Shiny Night Rain	Not Yet Bombed	View
0150	Shadow Scorpion	Not Yet Bombed	View
0151	Don't look at Me	Not Yet Bombed	View
0152	Streetlight Rainbow	Hand bombed, given to Shabana.	View
0153	Just a Piece of Nature	Not Yet Bombed	View
0154	Awkward Floor	BBC Radio office, National Media Museum	View
0155	Mirror Bin	Not Yet Bombed	View
0156	Water, Sunshine, Penistone Hill	Inside a guide book at Venebles & Bainbridge Bookshop.	View
0157	Those friends of Mine	Sainsburys, Keighley	View
0158	Reach for the Window	Next to a Darleck, National Media Museum.	View
0159	Totem Pole	Not Yet Bombed	View
0160	Crystal Skies	Not Yet Bombed	View
0161	Renegade Armies	Centenary Square, Bradford	View
0162	Floor Piece, with Interest	Not Yet Bombed	View
0163	Fly Trap	Hand Bombed, delivered to Sam, en route from Yorkshire to Edinburgh. Go North!	View
0164	Redundancy	Not Yet Bombed	View
0165	Photo Title	Not Yet Bombed	View
0166	How to hide a car...	Not Yet Bombed	View
0167	Self Portrait, with some Bins	Not Yet Bombed	View
0168	Product of Bin Diving	Not Yet Bombed	View
0169	Parody of a Street	Not Yet Bombed	View
0170	Fragile Tower	Hand bombed, given to Shabana.	View
0171	Circle	Not Yet Bombed	View
0172	Certain/Uncertain Futures	Through a letter box, with two others.	View
0173	Smiley Frankie	By Walkers' Prawn Cocktail, Sainsburys, Keighley	View
0174	Pendle Hill & Sculpture	Inbetween Oreos, Sainsburys, Keighley	View
0175	Relax, Filter, Chat	Live projection of Bradford, National Media Museum.	View
0176	Graffiti Spaceman	National Media Museum.	View
0177	First Day Reflections	Not Yet Bombed	View
0178	Museum Neon	Centenary Square, Bradford	View
0179	Chorlton Hail Stones	Katie Price book, Sainsburys, Keighley	View
0180	Natural Silhouettes	Embers Restaurant, Main Street, Haworth	View
0181	Album Cover Number 1	Freeze, Sainsburys, Keighley	View
0182	Goose Feet	Not Yet Bombed	View
0183	French Ashtray	On top of Private Eye, Sainsburys, Keighley	View
0184	Modern Camera	Outside Bradford University, on a Car.	View
0185	Good Leaves	Not Yet Bombed	View
0186	Hi There	Not Yet Bombed	View
0187	Study & Drink	Not Yet Bombed	View
0188	Silhouette Hair with Geese	Computer, National Media Museum.	View
0189	Night Time Smoking, Stillness	Not Yet Bombed	View
0190	Chequers Road #5	Not Yet Bombed	View
0191	Wheelie Bin Sunshine	Sainsburys, Keighley	View
0192	Pretty Bug	Sainsburys, Keighley	View
0193	Two Sides of Depression	Not Yet Bombed	View
0194	Exit, Stage Left	Not Yet Bombed	View
0195	Message from Berlin	On an offical-looking box, Bradford. Photobooth in Sainsburys, Keighley.	View
0196	Leo	Not Yet Bombed	View