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August 22, 2008

found photos

Found photo:nautical decorating


i sense a nautical theme.  

i feel a connection to the unknown photographers of these home shots.  among all of the posed groups and smiling subjects stiffly addressing the camera, it's the empty rooms, mistakes and candid photos i usually pluck from the bins full of discarded snapshots these days.  


and although i rarely shoot people with my own cameras, i have noticed i am drawn to collecting all kinds of odd photos of strangers.  i cannot put down these images of persons i have never met, whose names remain a mystery.  unsolvable.  the tiny moment captured in the image, from a single point in a whole life, a moment that held meaning for someone.  that gets me.  i study their faces, their body language, their placement in their surroundings.  how they regard or ignore the photographer... tell me your story, i think.  who were you in this moment?  who were you before and after this click of the shutter?



Found photo:soldiers

i am curious.  but also shy.  which is why i do not photograph strangers myself.  tho i see many i would like to...  and when i shoot people i know, which is not often, i tend to focus on a gesture or a small detail that reveals more to me than a full portrait might.


so you may be able to imagine how much i admire this brave photographer who has made a project of shooting strangers.  i am fascinated by this.  and not just a little bit in awe.

happy friday everyone!

August 15, 2008

found photos

Found photo:godfather


either he's going to make you an offer you can't refuse... or this is a photo of a corpse.  

i can't decide which is scarier. 

August 08, 2008

found photos

Found photo:dog belly


we need a caption for this one... i would love it if you have one.  or two.  leave them in my comments :)

(click on the image to enlarge)

August 01, 2008

found photos

Baby:werner druecker


although the name doesn't seem peculiar for an adult, it is difficult for me to imagine calling a baby "werner". when i first began collecting found photos as a teenager, i was fascinated with turn of the century images of babies.  how formal they looked.  how unbaby-like.  and how did they keep them so still for those long exposures?  whose job was that?

oh, but werner is a very pretty baby, isn't he?



contemplating of all of these photos separated from their stories, the human hands that held them, the sentimental hearts that treasured them puts me in the mood to go out hunting for more... maybe this weekend :)

happy friday everyone! 

July 25, 2008

found photos

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i don't know what it is about this guy, but i think he's up to something. 

kirsty sent me this link full of found photos... enjoy!  thanks kirsty - that's so kind of you :)
 


i'm off to the orthopedist this morning with my boy (young man).  fingers still crossed for nothing serious.  i'll have more news (and knee photos) later.

and thanks so much for all of the congrats and well wishes yesterday.  that was lovely!  and the most comments i think i've had ever!

you're the best!

July 18, 2008

found photos

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this shot is from the stack of slides we found in his storage locker.  i'm drawn to this one.  i want to know where they are.  have they stopped on their way somewhere or is this the destination?  it's autumn and the trees are showing great color, yet the photographer has given the dying grass the main focus.  and would this be nearly as interesting if the shadow weren't in the corner?  i think i like it so much because it looks like a shot i would take.  i can relate.


see the final page of jessie's found photo album here.  such lovely seascapes.  farewell jessie!  thanks for turning the pages kirsty.

July 11, 2008

found photos

Portrait:wavy hair man


another portrait from my early collection.  there is something about that face.  that steady gaze, that self assurance, the ease and confidence.  he's direct and authoritative.  he's everything i am not.  i wonder what he did for a living.  he could have been a banker... or a gangster.  i wonder how his life turned out?

see today's hauntingly beautiful photo by jessie at kootoyoo.

a flickr group for found photos.

happy friday everyone!

June 27, 2008

found photos

Portrait:older woman in glasses


there has to be a story in this one.  i want to know her name and her story.  i think it would please her to tell someone.  she might be surprised that you are curious about her, maybe she wouldn't believe you at first.  she'd serve you iced tea or lemonade and cookies on a tray.  and then, if you asked again in just the right words... she would tell you.  slowly.  how it all happened, when there was joy and then how the sorrows came.  you want to sit very still and listen, rapt.  it would be the best story you have heard in a long time.

what do you think her name and story might be?


{see the photographer of kirsty's found photo album revealed here today}

June 20, 2008

found photos

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what is she looking at?

they're so much fun... see more found photos here and here.

do you have a stash of found photos?  if you are posting yours, leave a comment with a link to you so we can all have a look!  


June 13, 2008

found photos

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from slides found in his storage locker.


nice composition and crazy colors... so many reasons to love this one.

kirsty has a whole photo album here.