Moneyface (2008)

added Dec 08, 2009 at 04:59PM UTC

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Moneyfacing is a participatory photo meme that involves placing a creased banknote in front of one’s face and taking a profile picture, which reveals a “hybrid face” of the subject and famous person depicted on the currency bill.

Origin

Moneyface images have been circulation via discussion threads as early as in May 2008. Titled “Money Face Girl,” the earliest instance of Moneyface image was posted on Todaysbigthing.com In August 2009 and then again on Buzzfeed in Setember 2009.

Spread

The photos are usually shared via fan groups on Facebook, Flickr and others social networking sites.

Banknotes from as far afield as the USA and Singapore have been unwitting accessories to the craze, which is a variation on the theme of Sleevefacing, a previous internet meme where people obscure their faces with album covers.

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Dragonboyjgh
May 24, 2010 at 09:20PM UTC , Dragonboyjgh wrote:

I also found a variation, http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/18729528.html

Jo Douglas
Jan 07, 2010 at 03:33PM UTC , Jo Douglas wrote:

Check out http://bit.ly/WgL7C for a variation of this meme.

G1drake
Jan 07, 2010 at 01:42PM UTC , G1drake wrote:

need more money from around the world.

also, funny meme

Enrique Fidel
Dec 29, 2009 at 08:48PM UTC , Enrique Fidel wrote:

+20 work.

lil Guy
Dec 26, 2009 at 08:46PM UTC , lil Guy wrote:

i found a picture on facebook like this dated the 17th of january i would add the picture but it wont let me

Mr. "John Locke" F
Dec 21, 2009 at 11:51PM UTC , Mr. "John Locke" F wrote:

needs to have a link to sleeveface or be a submeme of it

fryry
Dec 21, 2009 at 12:54AM UTC , fryry wrote:

This is actually something that they have been doing for, idk a yearish in a magazine in the uk. Its either nuts or zoo, cant remember which, but from what i know, that may be where it started. =]

glhrm
Dec 15, 2009 at 12:21PM UTC , glhrm wrote:

i gotta try this later

zap54312
Dec 14, 2009 at 11:32PM UTC , zap54312 wrote:

mo-mo-mo-money face mo-mo-money face
(pokerface parody)

Chris Menning
Dec 14, 2009 at 09:16PM UTC , Chris Menning wrote:

+1 Confirm

Brad
Dec 10, 2009 at 06:38PM UTC , Brad wrote:

good work guys! will do some research today… funny how it popped up on buzzfeed three months ago…

Alice-chan
Dec 08, 2009 at 11:14PM UTC , Alice-chan wrote:

+1 work.

Rihk
Dec 08, 2009 at 09:27PM UTC , Rihk wrote:

Don’t we already have an entry for this? Oh no, wait, that’s for the album covers/bodies. The Telegraph.co.uk article says it goes back to http://intense-zone.com/money-faces-art/ , but that link is only 5 days old. Buzzfeed has it 3 months ago, http://www.buzzfeed.com/mathieus/money-face-girl-8q4 that’s about all the time I’m willing to spend on it.

Chris Menning
Dec 08, 2009 at 05:45PM UTC , Chris Menning wrote:

this is interesting. Links to where we can find it in the wild?

The Kid
Dec 08, 2009 at 05:23PM UTC , The Kid wrote:

Proceed, this is kewl.

Watcher
Dec 08, 2009 at 05:00PM UTC , Watcher wrote:

What? More info.

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