Stock Photos of People's Jobs Are Wonderfully Incorrect

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Eric Lund
Sep 26, 2019 12:00 PM EDT

It's not necessarily a stock photographer's job to make the photos look accurate, but to get across the basic idea as quickly as possible. The resulting bad stock photos of people's professions are cartoonishly incorrect and a whole lot of fun to criticize. Stock photos can also get really weird.

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    Cat - shutterstock.com 463274867 Christa Trexler @ChristaTrex Replying to @MaureenBug This is how I do animal research - I just let the mice pick which tubes they like best #BadStockPhotosOf MyJ ob 7:29 PM May 4, 2018 102 17 people are talking about this
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    Astronomer - shutte Sk James Felton @JimMFelton "Hey space astronomer, where is space?" [Space astronomer puts on his lab coat and adjusts his space safety goggles] "According to my latest science, there is space." 9:30 AM May 4, 2018 1,478 529 people are talking about this
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    Software engineering - Shadowy Network Guy @Scarynetworkguy Nobody in IT ever smiles this much #BadStockPhotosOfMyJob 10:05 PM May 6, 2018 29 See Shadowy Network Guy's other Tweets
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    Technology - layc oves. player col reamstime. suare) Ostrip subst Tauno Talimaa @tauntz I sit in a dark room and project code straight to my face while solving complicated problems. This helps me to immerse myself in it and "feel" the code. #BadStockPhotosOfM yJ ob 2:17 PM - May 4, 2018 2,220 9 674 people are talking about this
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    Chemical engineer - Ojohnlund.com Lorijn Zaadnoordijk @LorijnSZ Clearly, as a developmental cognitive scientist working in a babylab I grow my participants in a tube first #BadStockPhotosOf M yJ ob 7:04 PM May 6, 2018 See Lorijn Zaadnoordijk's other Tweets 29
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    Product - Brian Stotter, MD @StotterMD Sorry your kidneys are failing. Here are some raisinettes with Hershey kisses hats #BadStockPhotosOfMyJ ob 1:11 AM - May 6, 2018 53 See Brian Stotter, MD's other Tweets
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    Skin - Mike Sidel @MikeSidel I often hit people in the middle of their face with a reflex hammer. #BadStockPhotosOfMyJ ob 3:10 PM May 12, 2018 11 8 See Mike Sidel's other Tweets
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    Product - CK PHOTO dreas hutterstock in protective suit holdingpile of earth with smal sprout in woods Dave Hemprich-Bennett @hammerheadbat As an ecologist I'm never sure if I should be terrified by plants or dressed formally whilst in their company #BadStockPhotosOfMyJob 6:34 PM May 5, 2018 626 103 people are talking about this
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    Text - Emma Hodcroft @firefoxx66 As an evolutionary biologist, you have *no idea* how hard it is to find tweasers small enough to grab bits of DNA (which is the main part of our job, obvs) #BadStockPhotosOfMyJob 3:42 PM May 4, 2018 2,744 9 657 people are talking about this
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    Text - F P TOZ LPED PECTD ESTOZT E F P TOZ LPED PECTD EDres rEL Dr. Glaucomflecken @DGlaucomflecken While you're reading these tiny letters, guess what's on my clipboard? Go ahead, guess. You'll never get it Do you give up? IT'S ANOTHER EYE CHART!!!!#BadStockPhotosOfMyJob 12:54 AM May 7, 2018 138 18 people are talking about this woo weowgueeig peoMO
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    Product - 123RE 123RF O123RF 123RF Jennifer Gunter @DrjenGunter 123RF I always give a thumbs up after a pelvic exam, it's so not creepy at all #BadStockPhotosOfMyJob 9:27 PM May 6, 2018 1,427 300 people are talking about this
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    Product - depositphoto depostphoto deposphotos oapositphotos depostohe ostghotos Richard @DrCarnivorous "What can you see?" "Nothing. My glasses have fogged and the #microscope isn't turned on" "Interesting". <scribble> #BadStockPhotosOfMyJob#histology 1:34 PM May 4, 2018 326 961 people are talking about this
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    Business - dreamim ad from stime.com ww Shahla Farzan @ShahlaFarzan Journalism a.k.a. holding a microphone in an empty room. #BadStockPhotosOfMyJob 7:28 PM - May 13, 2018 See Shahla Farzan's other Tweets 9
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    Arm - श ब 123RF QI23RF 23RE (((Sam Crane))) @Samanticka It is true that most lawyers are Slytherins #BadStockPhotosOfMyJob 1:08 PM - May 4, 2018 725 154 people are talking about this O23ERF
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    Text - MYMOTWA alamy stock photo ANTONYM SYNONYM Anatol Stefanowitsch @astefanowitsch As a linguist I spend my days categorizing words into synonyms and antonyms using rubber stamps. #BadStockPhotosOfMyJob 1:05 PM May 4, 2018 740 122 people are talking about this
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    Engineer - shutte stodk Katie 'better than the W-23' Mummah @nuclearkatie If you're a nuclear engineer, carry your laptop around with you.... as you work AT A GAS PLANT#BadStockPhotosOfMyJob 1:27 AM May 4, 2018 310 47 people are talking about this
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    Service - Krystan @the_only_RN Sure#BadStockPhotosOfMyJ ob 12:54 AM - May 7, 2018 76 43 people are talking about this
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    Photography - Africa Studio uttersts.ck shutterscok Africa Studio shutterstock Aiea Studio elorstp Yousuf Ali Choudhry @blendertom shutterstsck And of course, best photos are those in which ai light myself rather than the model#BadStockPhotosOfMyJob 9:38 AM May 13, 2018 3 See Yousuf Ali Choudhry's other Tweets
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    Text - PHYSICS Fr 4-8) CMovi Vat Pnta Fe Gxb(-은은)이 'S E-mc Robert McNees @mcnees First we write "Physics" on the chalkboard, then we grab a sharpie and scribble some *nonsense* on the nearest window. We all know the same equation and we will write it on literally anything #BadStockPhotosOfMyJob 10:24 PM May 5, 2018 1,357 269 people are talking about this N
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    Product - alamy alamy alamy a alamy a alamy stock photo Dr Paul Coxon C3XBGK www.alamy.com @paulcoxon At the end of a hard day of physicsing, all physicists must return to their Science Egg in order to rejuvenate #BadStockPhotosOfMyJob 5:45 PM May 6, 2018 158 21 people are talking about this
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    Photo caption - Leonie Höckbert @leofromtherock Academia is bearded men eagerly pointing at absolutely nothing and being very serious about it. #BadStockPhotosOfMyJob 7:46 AM May 5, 2018 1,097 338 people are talking about this
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    Product - Sund utterstock shutterstcck S ee butrad shuttersto shuttersck shutterst.ck Shutterstsck Dr Paul Coxon @paulcoxon I spend my day just staring at microscopes #BadStockPhotosOfMyJob 5:00 PM May 6, 2018 IMAGE ID: 1062209597 www.shucterstock.com 57 See Dr Paul Coxon's other Tweets
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    Job - Liz Tunbridge @LizTunbridge I spend my days laughing at models of DNA that twist the wrong way #BadStockPhotosOfMyJob 9:54 AM May 4, 2018 1,766 384 people are talking about this
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    Medical procedure - hinksiockos caay urdges Phil Spear @Duke_of_neural Blue liquids in beakers: incredibly dangerous to men, irresistibly seductive to women.#BadStockPhotosOfMyJob h/t @RayTruant and @KateAdamala 11:27 PM May 4, 2018 427 people are talking about this 1,232
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    Face - A Adobe Stoc Nicole K. Paulk @Nicole_Paulk This stock image of a scientist is PRICELESS. I too often find myself inspecting each nugget of dry ice one by one. Can never be too careful 9:10 PM - Apr 24, 2018 2,857 9 688 people are talking about this
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    Chemical engineer - O123RF 23RF Elisabeth Bik 23RF @MicrobiomDigest Happy hour in the lab. Cheers!#BadStockPhotosOfMyJob 10:36 PM May 5, 2018 101 21 people are talking about this 123RF 123RF O123RF
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    Chemical engineer - 7. iStock by Cetty mages Rob Camp @bobskool My eyes are so powerful I don't need the microscope #BadStockPhotosOfMyJob 10:38 PM May 4, 2018 See Rob Camp's other Tweets 65
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    Product - Sutterstock www.shutterstock.com 1034824429 Dana Simmons @dhsimmons1 #BadStockPhotosOfMyJob We do not taste the stuff in our Petri dishes and plants do not grow out of desks. 1:25 AM - May 4, 2018 607 132 people are talking about this
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    Product - Jenni @jennir Yup, this is software engineering all righ... we Lways look this happy and wodrk in packs. On one monitor. Together. Smiling. What is so funny, folks in the back? #BadStockPhotosOfMyJob 8:51 PM May 4, 2018 205 43 people are talking about this
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    Text - Jul @ladyjulbug This is my favorite method for grading papers #badstockphotosofmyjob 5:13 PM - May 4, 2018 168 28 people are talking about this
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    Text - Hello Hola Ahoj Ho6pu Asem. e Hei Salveca Aloanua Saluton Здравейте Helo Pershendetje Kaabo Kaixo 3apano Dia duit o Bok Pazdr Pozdravljeni Ciao 你好。 Tere డలల 3ApaBCTBynTe TSannu SveikiePupQtq امJس Zdravo Olá Nn स नमसकार Merhaba வணக்கம் Czese Hallo CNESI% Ιεια σας 안녕하세요. Salam am שלוס O Hallå Hej हँलो Chao Habari Bonjou హలో 1 Helló чай из глицин... @wisteria_tea how to be a translator/an interpreter: 1) write 'hello' in different languages on the background 2) that's it#BadStockPhotosOfMyJo
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    Office equipment - Shanna Germain @ShannaGermain I don't know what people are going on about with #BadStockPhotosOfMyJob This is exactly what I look like when I write. 4:45 PM May 6, 2018 145 people are talking about this 538
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