WE’LL CUT RIGHT to the point: the headshots of Olympians on London2012.com are incredibly awkward.
Today, Sports Illustrated’s Bryan Graham tweeted out a link to Michael Phelps’ sloppy-looking headshot. After that, we browsed the site and found even more ridiculous pictures.
There are more than 10,000 athletes competing in the Olympics, so getting professional-quality, standardized headshots of all of them would be a massive undertaking.
As a result, it looks like the site just had the teams and athletes themselves send in headshots. A bunch of them look MySpace profile pictures.
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We’ve seen some awesome photography in the lead up to the Olympics. This is not.
Say cheese! The headshots on the Olympics website are pretty awkward
Say cheese! The headshots on the Olympics website are pretty awkward
WE’LL CUT RIGHT to the point: the headshots of Olympians on London2012.com are incredibly awkward.
Today, Sports Illustrated’s Bryan Graham tweeted out a link to Michael Phelps’ sloppy-looking headshot. After that, we browsed the site and found even more ridiculous pictures.
There are more than 10,000 athletes competing in the Olympics, so getting professional-quality, standardized headshots of all of them would be a massive undertaking.
As a result, it looks like the site just had the teams and athletes themselves send in headshots. A bunch of them look MySpace profile pictures.
We’ve seen some awesome photography in the lead up to the Olympics. This is not.
Vasiliki Arvaniti, Greek beach volleyball player
Bostjan Macek, Slovenian shooter
Carmelo Anthony, US basketball player
Daniele Lupo, Italian beach volleyball player
Jana Vesela, Czech basketball player
Katherine Driscoll, British trampolinist
Kelsi Fairbrother, British handball player
Li Yi, Chinese basketball player
Luca Dotto, Italian swimmer
Marcel Hacker, German rower
Michael Phelps, US swimmer
Mickael Gelabale, French basketball player
Nick D'arcy, Australian swimmer
Olivia Price, Australian sailor
Paul Biedermann, German swimmer
Ryan Lochte, US swimmer
Check the Irish athletes’ not-awkward headshots here>
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