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29 September 2006

Photo Phriday. The theme for this week, as suggested by Shane, is Found Art: "I like that. Stuff you just, um, found. Tripped over. Whatever. And it's, like, 'art.' "

post by: iconomy at: 08:06 | 40 comments

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posted by jonmc 29 September | 08:12

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posted by arse_hat 29 September | 08:21

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posted by BoringPostcards 29 September | 09:07

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abandoned topless mermaid -- may be nsfw.

posted by simbiotic 29 September | 09:08

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posted by matildaben 29 September | 09:22

I resent the bourgeois notion that "art is everywhere". What's more, I deny the existence of art or even the possibility of its existence. There is no such thing as art (there cannot be such thing); there's only the creative production of the working masses. Hear the music of the factories! The poetry of railway wagons passing by: "Ra-ta-tuh! Ra-ta-tuh!" Feel the rhythm of a society working towards a common goal!

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posted by Daniel Charms 29 September | 09:23

I'm not sure if this counts; however this is one of the best looking manhole covers I've ever seen:
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posted by Mitheral 29 September | 09:36

It's not the manhole cover, it's that oh so artfully crumpled paper bag masquerading as trash next to it that is the real star of that photo!

posted by iconomy 29 September | 09:49

I'm tempted to go on some post-modern, art as commentary on the human condition screed but the truth is I didn't see that till I was reviewing the images. I was so concerned about getting the angle right so the shadows would bring out the pattern and so I wouldn't cast a shadow across the subject. I didn't give a first thought to the background.

The weird thing is you usually don't see litter like that around here.

posted by Mitheral 29 September | 10:32

Mine are here.

posted by sciurus 29 September | 10:49

Ooo graffiti! Yay I'm glad you reminded me, sciurus. I didn't think I had anything to post for this one but I do.

posted by iconomy 29 September | 11:12

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posted by me3dia 29 September | 11:44

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That's the window of a Baltimore nail salon and I just love it.

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posted by mygothlaundry 29 September | 12:53

Several years old

Public Service Announcement

posted by miles 29 September | 12:58

All so coool!

Thanks, iconomy! I'm busy today but I'll be here more soon.

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posted by shane 29 September | 13:08

An oldy but (I think) goody:

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posted by shane 29 September | 13:09

Hmm, from the job survey files at work...

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The mannequin is Open.

posted by shane 29 September | 13:13

The back of a casino in Vegas.

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posted by Zack_Replica 29 September | 13:36

I see a face in your pancake, Shane ;P

posted by iconomy 29 September | 13:42

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two English graffiti in the Swedish town wher I live...

posted by misteraitch 29 September | 13:53

Cropped now. Better?:

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posted by shane 29 September | 14:23

re: shane's pancake -- omg it's shaped like Virgin Mary!!! Really!

posted by Daniel Charms 29 September | 14:55

Or maybe it's an image of Dan Brown, I can never tell which is which.

posted by Daniel Charms 29 September | 14:57

I stink at taking pictures, but here you go... a cool stick, art de mirage (part of the evil walks series), rocky, smoothies, heavy artillery, and two cool sticks like arse_hat's.

posted by auntbunny 29 September | 16:43

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Flotsam at the beach.

posted by croctommy 29 September | 18:50

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Flotsam at the beach.

posted by croctommy 29 September | 18:51

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cemetery art.
Found on the gate of an old family plot.

posted by redvixen 29 September | 18:53

Mitheral, do you know about Drainspotting? It's run by hades from Metafilter. You should submit that shot if you haven't already.

posted by matildaben 29 September | 20:27

Daniel Charms, I like your trainyard pic. Very faux lomo. (Or real lomo?) Do you have a flickr stream?

Croctommy, your posting didn't take. You might have to strip off anything in the URL after .jpg (the "?v=0").

posted by matildaben 29 September | 20:30

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Flotsam at the beach.
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posted by simbiotic 29 September | 20:55

The flotsam reminded me that I want a spinach salad.

posted by simbiotic 29 September | 20:56

Thanks for saving me the effort of looking that up matildaben. I took the picture (along with a few others) with the intention of submitting it.

posted by Mitheral 29 September | 21:02

pretty pretty weed

remember to remind me to rig my camera so it works for once

posted by ethylene 29 September | 21:18

Croctommy: lovely kelp and algaes. I can walk for hours on the beach getting lost in stuff like that. Beautiful.

MB: Thanks for Drainspotting! I'd never seen that before. I would submit this striking one from New Orleans; but they've got a similar one already.

posted by Miko 29 September | 21:18

mats: i had no idea a meef did drainspotting. Had a few friends who did manhole cover pics ages ago that i wanted to send there.
Almost makes me wish i wasn't one of the users that "fell through the cracks" of how-e-mail.

posted by ethylene 29 September | 21:24

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Part of, I think, a LNG filling station at an abandoned power plant.

posted by tommasz 29 September | 22:18

I actually know hades from Drizzle, which is the online community I participated in before Metafilter and Metachat. He lives a few blocks from my old place.

posted by matildaben 30 September | 13:19

Thanks, matildaben!

posted by shane 30 September | 20:12

jonmc, that's great, your photo is like a cartoon character who fell out a window. He was 3d but now he's flat on the pavement. But he's still smilin'.

posted by shane 30 September | 20:19

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