Celeste Barber is not only a famous Australian comedian but also somewhat of a real-life superhero. She recently did the world a favor by reenacting celebrity Instagram photos. Barber aims to expose just how unrealistic they are and how filters are causing serious psychological damage. She does this in a classic, Barber style, having us all in fits of laughter while getting a very serious message across.
Natural Breasts and Affordable Breakfast
Barber poses in a white shirt with breasts drawn on with a black permanent marker. The celebrity photo she reenacts is not only hilarious for the dry bread she has in front of her instead of gourmet pancakes, but she purposefully drew the breasts on her shirt in a more realistic way, indicating the reality of women’s sagging breasts.
In Hollywood, stars are under constant pressure to look like plastic Barbie dolls, everything has to be tight and perky when most women can barely afford to pay off study loans or make rent, never mind spending millions on plastic surgery.
Agony Behind the Scenes That Sell Us Beauty Magazines
For decades, those in the limelight have been posing for cameras in the most obscure ways. Many have wondered about the agony these models endure behind the camera to incorporate these positions but no one has ever managed to expose the truth more than our girl, Celeste Barber.
You can see the agonizing look on her face as she tries to mimic these poses, executed perfectly by a flawless-skinned model. Barber is in a natural state with belly fat and pale skin and we just love her for it. She manages to make us laugh while understanding certain truths
Pink Blow-Up Flamingos Are Not That Sexy
Here we have Kendal Jenner rocking a celebrity boat outing on her pink blow-up flamingo. You can see the yachts and idyllic scenery in the background accommodating her perfect picture. A scene desired by so many, and one to make the world think it to be just a “normal day out”.
Barber sits on her version of the flamingo, much smaller than her, barely able to fit her body weight or size, blow up arm pillows for kids, and a hilarious grin on her face indicating just how much fun she is having while imitating Jenner’s photo.
Celebrity Couples’ Photos Hilariously Exposed
Ah, them good ol’ celebrity poses that more often than not, become a viral obsession with people from all over the world turning it into some challenge followed by its hashtag. Here we have Barber and a good-looking muscular man completely ruining the picture as she falls into the pool instead of being held up by the man like in the original version.
We’re not sure if it’s metaphorical for the harsh reality that people close to you will disappoint you in life? But we love how the outcome of the is opposite to the one in the celebrity photo.
Boys Lie, Carbs Don't
We laughed much louder at this one than we probably should’ve. For as long as beauty magazines have been around, women have been taught to avoid carbs to lose weight. Barber makes us brutally aware of the consequences of eating too many carbs when she lies on the car with a little more weight on her body than the actual model in the celebrity Instagram photo next to her.
We love that she has such a careless approach to the seemingly childish words displayed on the bonnet about boys being liars, written by a much younger, more seductive protege.
Light Workers Working It Differently
Every photographer knows the importance of lighting. It’s what separates the average from the extraordinary and therefore society has adapted to using the same relevant points when taking their mandatory selfies or personalized brand photography. Lighting can be a beautiful thing when used correctly, like in this picture where the lighting is displayed beautifully in different sequences of color across the face.
We loved the reality check when the light hits Barber’s eyes making her whole face look like it’s gone into a spasm. A true reflection of the power of light and the reality of its effects.
“The Ladies” Cater For Any Occasion
Barber creates magic with her imitation of the classic celebrity Instagram photo of Lara Stone holding two, rather large, glasses of red wine. Her messy hair, droopy eyes, and saggy cleavage make the rest of the female population take a deep sigh of relief knowing how different women look in reality.
The photo received a lot of attention and some men might have been slightly disappointed when they ordered wine only for it to be delivered in a much different package. While we appreciate the beauty of a well-manicured female, Barber puts things back into perspective in a hysterically funny way.
Falling Into It Slowly With Swag
We generally try and avoid things like falling, especially in front of the camera. The media, however, have managed to sexualize this too. It has created somewhat of an unrealistic approach towards different postures when falling sideways, half-naked, off your bed. Barber reenacts this picture superbly with her face doing all the talking.
She puts almost all her weight onto her shoulder showing us just how incredibly uncomfortable this pose is. We love her sense of humor and how she has managed to find the perfect way to break through the media facade.
Planet Sized Blankets and the Celebs Who Wear Them
The world was quite surprised at the size of Lenny Kravitz’s knitted scarf when it seemed almost impossible to move let alone have it wrapped around your neck. There were some rather disturbing comments and in the true American style, it birthed the greatest memes. Barber does an outstanding job of adding more fuel to this oversized scarf fire when she posts her photo wearing a double bed duvet around her neck, next to Kravitz’s.
It just shows the world, yet again, how some celebs can get away with wearing absolutely anything, especially when you’re a smoking hot musician.
Stuffed Crust Lady Lumps Vs Velvet Supreme Fitness Queen
Women across the globe were in stitches when Barber flaunted her lady lumps in this white outfit reimposing a model’s Instagram photo. As with women who make money by posing in little to no clothing, they work out for a living, leaving the rest of the female population with deep insecurities about their extra bumps.
Barber shows the world the realities of the female body by confidently making fun of herself and in exchange allowing the rest of the female species to find power. A poll recently allowed people to vote for their favorite photos, this one was a hit.
Beach Sand, Bicycles, High Heels, and Babes
What strikes us most are the high heels the celebrity is wearing in the sand, never mind the over-sparkled bicycle Selena Gomez is sitting on. Barber does a brilliant job practicing safety first as she uses a children’s bicycle and adds a helmet.
There is no editing of the contrast of colors in Barber’s photo indicating just how much the celeb photo has been photoshopped. We love that both ladies are giving some sexy facial expressions but the over-the-top editing and make-up the celeb photo is portraying makes us seriously question what women are supposed to swim or tan in.
Celebrities and Their Perfectly Portrayed Kids
As we looked at this photo of Jennifer Lopez, we realized that the tabloids seldomly show celebrity kids throwing tantrums anywhere. We do, however, hear many stories of their drug addictions and bad party habits as they get older, which makes a much better story than a small kid crying in public.
We love that Barber sheds light on the realities of early motherhood. Here we see Barber holding her son while he flops to one side, her expressing just how difficult things can get and the shocking reality of some mothers just needing a bottle of wine to cope.
Cars and the Proud Celebrities Who Own Them
With every new car comes the mandatory selfie. Celebrities tend to take it a spet further with their diamonds or in this case, an extremely awkward backbend pose on the rooftop. Barber brings us back to reality with her average suburban housewife vehicle, unable to get the pose quite as perfect as the one in the photo above hers.
We just couldn’t stop laughing at the garbage bin with some garbage scattered around it in the background, her baby blue underwear, and the broken fence all indicating the real struggles as just an average member of society.
Super Models Can Make a Garbage Bag Look Sexy
You can pretty much put anything, including a garbage bag or even an old fishing net over a supermodel and it will look great. Their perfect bodies, bleached teeth, and Caribean spray tan is the perfect canvas for any photographer.
Fashion labels get away with murder dressing these women up in the most absurd photos and then posting them in beauty magazines. Some really like it, some are conditioned to, but either way, these items are a bit silly, especially when the average human tries to copy the style. Barber uses this photo to prove just that.
Money Can Buy You Anything Except for Good Taste
As a celebrity, you can literally wear anything and get away with it. More people are taking on this carefree attitude and making it the new “normal”. Kylie Jenner takes it to a whole new level with a T-Shirt with a picture of herself on it, flaunting her greatest assets.
To hilariously reenact this photo, Barber has printed a photo of herself on her T-shirt using what can only be described as the worst photo ever of herself and we absolutely love it. You can’t help but love what this woman accomplishes with her sense of humor.
Keep On Rocking in the Free World, but With Toilet Paper
Celine Dion posts naked sitting on a chair with dark makeup that accentuates her eyes but Barber steals the award for best photo thanks to the empty toilet paper rolls scattered around her on the floor.
She had us metaphorically lying there with them with laughter. This whole photo perfectly captures the realities of media portrayal versus the realistic photo capturing everyday life and we are sure that her facial expression of complete exhaustion speaks to us all. We can only assume Barber is hinting that Dion’s photo looks similar to someone sitting on a toilet.
You Get What You Pay For
They say a single photo speaks a thousand words and in this photo, those thousand words would definitely tell you bout the thousands of hours this model spent stretching and working out with a thousand different trainers while spending thousands on skin tanning agents and flights getting to this thousand dollar destination.
Barber, who more women can relate to, is a working mother and clearly not a gymnast able to do the splits. She does, however, pull off a very snazzy black bathing suit on a very grey and overcast day at the beach.
The New Selfie Light Encourages That Professional Look
As much as these new circular selfie lights make your selfies look very professional due to the quality of the light, they still can’t make you look like a professional supermodel with a “perfect” body and flawless skin without photoshop, and Barber proves exactly that.
She wears similar black attire to the model in the photo, but there is nothing sexy or “perfect” about her photo, except the perfect laughter the world endures looking at it. With every squint eyeball, we find ourselves laughing harder at the brutal honesty she portrays in these images. We salute you, Celeste Barber!
Bigger Is Better in Celeb World When the Rest of Us Settle For Less
They say money can’t buy happiness but we beg to differ when it comes to Christman holidays. No one smiles brighter than the rich and the famous when they pose for their larger-than-life Christman photos surrounded by a magnitude of presents and in Mariah Cary’s case, a photo of her Christman tree.
We assume this picture speaks metaphorically when you look at the size of Barber’s little plant she decorated with Christmas lights. Either way, it’s another genius interpretation of life compared to that of a celebrity and is something most people can relate to when it comes to money.
Sexy Selfies With Siblings and Friends
Aside from posing for your own selfie, posing with a friend or sibling seems to be the next best thing, especially when you’re a hot babe and have an even hotter sibling or sister. Which one of these two Kardashians is hotter, or whether you find them attractive at all, is debatable.
What we do know, is that Barber does an outstanding job hilariously copying the photo with her friend in true comedy style. Their ridiculous hand gestures on each other especially the nose was truly groundbreaking, to say the least. We wonder how she will top this one.
Can Someone Give That Girl a Sandwich?
We love how Barber uses her husband in her photos when imitating celeb photos with men in them. We can only imagine how much fun it must be being married to the Australian Comedian, Celeste Barber, and her hysterically dry sense of humor.
She reenacts a photo of two models who have well-chiseled features on the cover of some magazine. Her words “I EAT” state that she preferred food rather than living the life of a food-starved model. Barber’s subtle subconscious hints are genius and we love her bravery in this joking way of making fun of celeb poses.
Falling Into Pools With Lovers
Let’s be real, no one on this entire planet decides to fall sideways into a massive pool of water while sharing a romantic moment. For that reason alone we absolutely love how Barber shares the emotion of pure panic when she and her husband reenact this photo in the most awkward way.
The truth is out, photographers get paid millions each year to create false images for big companies who can afford to pay them. Barber looks like she is falling with her husband into the pool and we couldn’t agree more with the reality exposed in this reenactment.
When the Media Takes Couch-Surfing to a Whole New Level
We did not doubt for a second that Celeste Barber would manage to take the couch surfing thing even a step further than the media. We needed a moment to recover from the laughter pains we endured while looking at this photo.
Barber on the couch carried by two men is one of the funniest things you will see this year. Unlike the model, Barber’s stomach bulges out to the front and her attempt to look sexy makes this photo one of our favorites. The faces of the men carrying the couch with her on it contribute to the hysterics.
Blow by Blow and What Do You Know
Unless you are covered in sweat or a young child speaking into the moving propellers to make your voice sound funny, there is nothing attractive about a fan. This model uses a fan to blow her hair while taking a photo imitating the effects of wind, but Barber takes it to a whole new dimension with her leaf blower, almost blowing the skin off her face.
She captures the element of wind in all the right ways. While the model is capturing the seductive element, Barber just rips it out of proportion and doesn’t get us started on their attire.
Barber Mocks Celebrities With Healthy Body Image and We Can’t Get Enough of It
Ah yes, the famous “fresh out the shower” selfie flashing the perfect body and just enough breast to make it look like the perfect size and shape. Women around the world are all too familiar with this one.
Every woman who owns a cellphone has done it, yet, not all women look like those models in beauty magazines or on their celebrity Instagram accounts. Barber comforts us with her fun idea for a tattoo written on her side indicating how many fat rolls she has and women everywhere have commented that they want to see more of this reality.
Barber Inspires Women to Embrace Their Bodies
We all wish to look as amazing as the celebs do in their Instagram photos dressed in or covered with anything you can imagine. Here Gwenyth Paltrow is covered from the chin down in brown liquid which we can only assume is mud, while Barber reenacts it by drenching herself in the dark sand, looking like she had just been harpooned off the beach.
Her confidence in her skin is what we love the most about this woman. She inspires women across the planet to laugh at themselves instead of shrinking down to fit into a tiny pants size.
Stars With Stars in Trees
Aside from looking like a drowned rat stuck in wool, Barber does a hilariously funny job at posing in a tree, like the model in the first photo. We think that every photo is the funniest until we see the next one. The first photo displays stars over the model’s nipples, as we all know about the unfair advantage men’s nipples have over women’s nipples being exposed on social media.
Barber uses paper plates with the word “stars” written on them making this whole scene just way funnier than it initially was with her just dangling there in the tree
Busting the Myth on Champagne
For this picture alone, Celeste Barber deserves an award. We have all tried to look relatively sexy and professional while popping the cork of a champagne bottle at a party. Barber manages to express on her face the emotions of disappointment all of us have felt popping the cork and then breaking something in the house or spraying the whole family in the eyeballs only to have no champagne left to actually spray around tastefully.
Her skin-colored underwear imitating a naked body is also hilarious considering that most women with that color underwear are only found in old age homes.
The World Needs Celeste Barber
We're not sure if the woman with a surfboard is a professional or if she's a model doing a shoot. Either way, many women may be intimidated by her gorgeous looks.
Not Celeste Barber, here we see her with her kid's bodyboard showing women around the world how to walk tall and not take life so seriously. We need you, Celeste.
We Love These Childhood Photos Reenacted
Dad Will Need a Bigger Bike
What makes recreated childhood photos so amusing is that the image turns from mundane to bizarre as quickly as the actors switch from children to their adult versions. Recreating childhood photos is also not without its challenges; from trying to wear outfits as close to the original as possible, to, like in the picture below, balancing a full-grown adult on a bike's handlebars, the challenges are real, but are also, in the end, totally worth the effort.
Posing for his sons with one sitting on the handlebars of his bike must have been such a happy memory that this dad went along and agreed to recreate the whole thing. The difficulty of pulling this recreation, however, makes it likely that regret followed shortly thereafter.
A Risky Idea That Paid Off
Sometimes a childhood photo is so embarrassing that the mere suggestion that one recreate it, post it on the internet and risk public humiliation can be considered a terrible idea. But sometimes, despite the clear risks involved, one still bravely decides to continue, only to have it pay off and be inducted into the annals of childhood-photo-recreation history. And this, ladies and gentlemen, is one such case.
If there is a word that comes to mind when looking at this guy, it is 'brave.' Most rational human beings would look at an embarrassing photo they had as children and slap the first person who suggests they recreate it. This guy thought differently and it paid off, expressly granting himself the status of legend. He even managed to give himself a wedgie that would undoubtedly strip lesser beings of the ability to have children.
So Much Heavier Now
If you have siblings, and if they aren't your twins, there's a good chance you've been photographed together with one of you carrying the other, and with smiles on your faces. In the photo below, the boy carries his baby brother with pride. In the recreation, however, he looks like he's laughing at his now-adult brother who's having an epileptic fit.
Despite the differences in their attire in both photos, they managed to recreate the expression they had as children. Except that where it was once adorable, it is now arguably disturbing.
He Was Always This Messy
Hygiene is the last thing on a child's mind. So, being such messy eaters, it's typical for kids to have been photographed, at one point or another, with more food on their face than should be legal. This kid below is no exception.
The original photo was taken outside a sporting event, and as one can see, the child on the right thought his ice cream to be lipstick and smeared it all over his face. The recreation looks close to the original, as both brothers had outfits similar to what they had worn in the original photo, and the guy on the left even wears the exact same Disney hat.
Buried in the Sand
Burying yourself in the sand with just your head sticking out is as timeless a beach tradition as any. When this family went to the beach, the parents took the cliche a step further by burying both their kids in the sand, no doubt so they could take a sabbatical from all that parenting
The child on the left looks like she's going to regurgitate whatever she's had for lunch, which makes it seem like, for these two kids, the whole business of getting buried in the sand turned out to be not as funny as it previously seemed.
Not so New Newborn
What parent doesn't have at least one photo of himself (or herself) sleeping with his baby cradled in his arms? Parental credibility almost requires that at least one such photo be taken at one point in one's parental life. While the baby is in the loving embrace of its father, its father is in the loving embrace of unconsciousness. And, after all, what could be better than unconsciousness, when you've just gone through hours of holding a baby, crying and soiling itself non-stop.
Two decades later, we have a much older dad cradling his son, who, to no one's surprise, has more facial hair than he did as a newborn. It's a pretty cool recreation, considering they get the outfits and the props right. Dad doesn't seem to have aged all that much, too, and it's only the abundance of lip foliage in the baby that makes the biggest difference.
The AbsolutelyTerrified Baby
The baby in the photo seems terrified. He seems as though he was told that from now on he will have to change his own diaper. This might not have been the expression his parents were gunning for, but it turned out hilarious anyway
Now an adult, the idea of changing diapers no doubt must still be terrifying for him, as it would be for anyone. And it's likely that those were the thoughts he willfully put in his head to draw out the same expression he had in the childhood photo. And it seems to have worked out just as he intended.
Playing in the Mud
This is another excellent recreation. It looks like these boys really love playing in the mud. They love it so much that they still do it as adults. In fact, they love it so much that despite the fact that adults playing in the mud and hugging each other while they're at it might seem a very odd form of entertainment, they do it anyway.
Kidding aside, this is a very sweet photo, as it captures their lasting friendship. They even thought about getting someone to sit at the far left side of the frame just to be able to more closely recreate the original photo.
Family Fun
While most of these recreations are that of children as adults, the occasional one where the whole family gets in on the fun usually turns out amazing, too. Here is one such photo. The original photo is of a dad and his three boys, all seeming to be in their Sunday's best. The recreated photo quite amazingly mirrors the original one, with the clothes matching almost perfectly.
The attention to detail here is cool. They get the clothes right. They get the posing right as well. The most difficult thing they had to do to recreate the photo, however, is not the most obvious one; it's not getting the dad to look like he's carrying his now-adult child with one hand, rather it's getting to the location dressed in the manner they were, with everyone staring at them as though they just escaped from a mental facility.
Happy Memories of Halloween
Some of the best pictures to relive (and recreate) are those of Halloween. It can be amusing to remember how genius or insane we were as kids, picking out our costumes, or in some cases making ones from whole cloth ourselves. The original photo on the left has three cute boys getting ready for Halloween. The boys on the right, however, can barely be described as cute, as the word 'scary' is more apt--imagine yourself opening the front door and being greeted by these guys shouting "trick or treat."
Looking at old Halloween photos is a nice way to feel nostalgic over what was popular culture at the time. And for that reason, this picture gets our nod.