Some people take photos of a landmark; some people just buy the souvenir. Michael Hughes buys the souvenir and then takes photos of the souvenir in front of the landmark. Confused? See his growing Flickr set. It also reminded me of the great Parking Spots. (via JPG magazine)
David Rainbird
Posted on Wednesday, 1st of November 2006 Permalink Comment (4)
Great idea, nice execution. Very cool!
Posted by bluewyvern on Sunday, November 2006 at 4:59 AM
another one like it:
http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/galleries/i_was_there/
Posted by Frederic Bonn on Monday, November 2006 at 5:10 PM
hate to be a bubble burster, but the famous photographer, kenneth josephson, spent a significant portion doing exactly this as well as less obvious monuments:
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.mocp.org/collections/permanent/uploads/Josephson2003_55_6.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.mocp.org/collections/permanent/josephson_kenneth.php&h=294&w=432&sz=56&tbnid=vW4fr_mnwaGZxM:&tbnh=86&tbnw=126&prev=/images?q=kenneth+josephson&start=1&sa=X&oi=images&ct=image&cd=1
Posted by feld on Sunday, November 2006 at 5:50 AM
sorry about the bad link above.
here it is proper:
http://www.mocp.org/collections/permanent/josephson_kenneth.php&h=294&w=432&sz=56&tbnid=vW4fr_mnwaGZxM:&tbnh=86&tbnw=126&prev=/images?q=kenneth+josephson&start=1&sa=X&oi=images&ct=image&cd=1
oh, and i meant “a significant portion of his career,” i seem to have left some of that out.
Posted by feld on Sunday, November 2006 at 5:53 AM
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