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November 23 2010
Seattle Snow Day
September 21 2010
Harry
In an earlier post, I talked about a $2 portrait project on Flickr, run by Thomas Hawk. The above photo, “Harry,” is one of Mr. Hawk’s own pieces in that group, and probably my favorite.
See this photo on Flickr. After reading the story, you’ll feel like you’ve met Harry yourself.
September 20 2010
Decay in Green
“Decay in Green” is one of many insanely good street-shots grabbed by Colin Jones, who posts his work very modestly and quietly on deviantArt. He still shoots film, and seems to prefer a Leica M6. Can’t say I blame him, go see his gallery for yourself.
September 18 2010
Street
“Street” is a very cute grab by Gregory Dallis. See more of his photos on deviantArt.
September 17 2010
A Literal Sense
For as many great street grabs as there are out there, it’s not every day you see one that that qualifies in the literal sense. This is just one of many gorgeous pieces of street photography by Baris Ozturk, whom I’ve mentioned before in a previous post. Aside from his being an amazing photographer and a rather modest fellow, one of the things I like about Baris is how he watermarks his images. I usually decry the use of watermarks, but he manages to do it in a way that, instead of ruining the photo, almost enhances it. He basically took something that everybody else is doing wrong, and does it right.
See this photo on on Flickr or deviantArt.
September 16 2010
Solidarity
Walked up on this guy near Five Points, on 5th Avenue in Seattle. Full size available here.
September 15 2010
Steve
“Steve” was grabbed last year as part of a $2 portrait project undertaken by Troy Holden and a friend of his in San Francisco. The project’s premise is simple enough: Troy walks around the city and offers $2 to any panhandlers who ask for money, but only if they’ll allow him to take their picture. Steve, shown above, is a homeless man they came across in SoMa, who was more than willing to be part of the project.
This particular $2 portrait project can be viewed on Flickr, and is run by Thomas Hawk — I’ll post some his work later.
September 14 2010
Something Real
You may remember a very early post here on Loupe called Full Tilt, which had an amazing image by Romain Laurent that baffles me to this day. He’s got some new work posted now, the above being part of a series called “Something Real.” See more of Romain’s work at his portfolio site.
September 13 2010
S I M U L A C R U M
This one’s called “S I M U L A C R U M” — and it has to be one the funniest street photography grabs I’ve seen in a while. The photographer, Lukasz Kazimierz (burningmonk at deviantArt), noted that he had no idea what the guy was doing in the picture. To make it funnier, another of my absolute favorite street photographers, Baris Ozturk, left a comment that the same guy had shown up in several of his images from a recent trip to Japan.
September 06 2010
Donny Osmond and the Sad Narwhal
We had an interesting stroll through Seattle yesterday while hunting down the folks from Intel WiMAX. The town was buzzing with PAX 2010 attendees, so it was more interesting (and sometimes crowded) than usual — but I like it that way.
We found “Sad Narwhal,” shown in the above image, on a random bit of plywood that had been set up as a cordon around construction at the corner of 5th and Battery. Full size available here.
Sharp Beast
This is the lot-facing wall of the mysterious Wexley School for Girls building on 5th Ave, which we later found out is actually an advertising & media agency that seems to only use Adobe Flash for everything. Either way, the figures painted on the outer wall were pretty interesting — even if they didn’t make any sense. Full size available here.
Donny Osmond
On our way to the Yellow Leaf Cupcake Co. on 4th Ave, home of the Pancakes & Bacon cupcake (henceforth known as the Greatest Thing to have Ever Existed), we noticed something odd on the back of the lady walking in front of us. It was Donny Osmond, and he was residing on the back of her hoodie. How could I resist? Full size available here.
Sad Song
This old man sits near the corner of 6th and Pine just about every day. He plays what I believe is called an Erhu, and he nearly always plays sad, sad songs. He’s extremely good, but I have a feeling that he doesn’t get tipped often since most of the people walking by, fresh on their way home from a shopping spree, don’t feel as sad as he does. Full size available here.
Side note: Those windows across the street are really clean. The reflection on the left is me.
The Drummer
We see this guy all over Seattle. Wherever he goes with that drum, he brings with him a bubble of city atmosphere that warms up this traditionally chilled town. Due to the already large homeless population in the city, he doesn’t get tipped much, but he does get noticed. Full size available here.
September 02 2010
Seattle Public Library
Alright, so we finally went to the Seattle Public Library (it only took us a full year). If you haven’t ever seen it before, it’s a bit jarring; the structure itself is a large misshapen monster of glass that looks more like an enormous greenhouse than anything else, and it’s plopped down in the middle of the city with older, much more boring architecture surrounding it. I grabbed a few shots inside but there were really only a couple that I liked enough to post. C’est la vie, non?
The shot above turned out to be one of my favorites, I call it “Let your feet guide you.” The library is so big and labyrinthian inside that in order to make it easier to navigate, they placed sorting numbers on floor tiles between aisles. I would say they’re Dewey Decimal sorting codes, but I could have sworn they stopped calling them that a few years ago. Either way, it’s pretty useful when you’re lost in a library this size. Full size available here.
Window Grid
I grabbed this shot on the 10th floor, looking northwest from an interior sort of crow’s nest they have set up. Full size available here.
Down Below
This was also shot on the 10th floor, looking down into the cavernous center of the building. It can cause a feeling of acrophobia just being up there, and the floor at the bottom isn’t even ground level, either — it’s the 3rd floor. Full size available here.
Browsing Unevenly
The entire library was made by designers looking to make it unlike other libraries, so there are pockets of completely uneven layouts right next to perfectly ordered sections. It’s nice to break the monotony. Full size available here.
Going Up
We found liberal use of extremely long, narrow escalators. Full size available here.
Book Return
I grabbed this one as we were leaving, just outside the library on 5th Avenue. I think she was homeless; she was just standing there, staring at the book return box. Full size available here.
August 20 2010
An Early Morning Walk
Waited for a bus to fly by so I could get the market sign behind me. It worked and I liked it, so I’m calling this one Market Mirror. At least, that’s what the filename is. Full size available here.
A Wild Swarm of Pidgies
Somebody dumped a bag of seed along the sidewalk, and the Swarm descended. Full size available here.
Girl Walking Dog
Nothing mystical, just a girl walking her dog. Full size available here.
Terrifying
Pike Place Market at about 6:45 in the morning is dark, empty, and calm — in stark contrast to the way the place runs for most of the daytime hours. On my walk through this morning, I was able to stroll right up to the famous fish-throwers in the corner, but what I saw there was truly terrifying. They were massing a small army of angry looking crustaceans. Full size available here.
Pike Crossing
Corner of Pike and 1st, facing East. Full size available here.
An Ode to Backpack Suit Guy
Mr. Backpack Suit Guy, who walks without moving his arms, who stares blankly ahead while listening to music on his over-ear headphones, who prefers a generic slate grey to more adventurous colors: Your haircut is vanilla, but your backpack is ill, because it has a hot pink sport-stripe. Keep on walking, Mr. Backpack Suit Guy. Full size available here.
Sarah
Sarah is a girl who likes chewing gum. She has plenty of money lying around from illegally-operated lemonade stands, with a healthy bonus gained by stashing half her allowance every week for a year — so she has no problem funding her lust for more gum. Her favorite word is her own name. She probably wanted to stay in Seattle when her parents said it was time to go back home, to Salt Lake City. Full size available here.
August 17 2010
Portraits of Strangers
A sampling of Portraits of Strangers, a project by Nick Turpin on Behance.
“I like the message behind the idea of plucking someone from the crowded street and photographing them in a way that elevates them, makes them an icon, a hero, a celebrity for a few moments……everyone is important.”
I love this idea, go see the full set!
May 29 2010
Under Attack!!!!
Photo by Nicky at Flickr
March 05 2010
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