Got taken to Donna's for a birthday dinner and these photos and more were what was up on the wall. Visit that fantastic restaurant to check them out, or if you're too late, they're on photographer Finn O'Hara's website:
When I travel, I try to focus on something ubiquitous and mundane that recalls the location. In Autumn, 2017, I spent three months wandering the orange groves of Oliva, Spain, and was particularly taken with the tool sheds and utility boxes. I decided to document them. Here, I've gathered my favorites.
"Polanoid was invented because the magic of Polaroid pictures, the thrilling Edwin Land story and because the charm and touch of Polaroid cameras hit us like a sledge hammer." So says the founders of the Polaroid archiving website that is not only still running, but has new posts as of just a few days ago.
"Hungry for real analog, good smelling pictures in a digital world, we decided to swim against the stream and to reset our focus and start the biggest, best and most instant online photo community ever. Stuffed with millions of Polaroids, collected and uploaded by Polaroid addicts all over the planet."
All of the above pieces are by member, alodia, but Polonoid has many members.
Hi-Fi is a music video promoting the Bella Vista Social Club, a bar in Siena, Italy.
Chronophoto provides you with a photo and a slider that allows you to guess which year the photo was taken in. Points are given based on how close you are and each game lasts 5 rounds. A bit addictive.
9-Eyes, artist Jon Rafman's blog of images from Google maps is back after resting for 5+ years.
Hamburg's garbage men portray their city in the Trashcam Project — with their garbage containers. Standard 1.100 litre containers are transformed to giant pinhole cameras. With these cameras the binmen take pictures of their favourite places to show the beauty and the changes of the city they keep clean every day.
And here's a shot of one of the men positioning the camera:
The entire set is on the project's Flickr page.
