Found Photo

Also picked up this little gem at the flea market this weekend - hand tinted.

Found Photo of the Day

picked this up at the flea market today.

Found Photo of the Day

Found Photo

found at Uncertain Times

New Found Photo

I picked this photo-booth photo up at the flea market this morning. They have all the ingredients of cool - knives, leather jacket, cigarettes, slick hair and flashy glasses.

Another found photo + Vija Celmins

I found this photo at the flea market last weekend too. The back says "B-52 and escorts" - it reminded me of paintings like this:

Vija Celmins, "Suspended Plane", Oil on Canvas, 1966 via SFMOMA

Found Photo - Alaska Brown Bear

I got this at the flea market on Sunday. The back has the f-stop and shutter speed listed as well as the date (4/15/46) and the title or caption, "Alaska Brown Bear".

More catching up

photo from the collection of Nathan Abels

After a show is up a lot of artists get what they refer to as the "post-show depression". I've experienced the post-show blues from time to time but in general I feel pretty free - free to do whatever projects or processes I've been delaying because of the emphasis on whether or not it will go with the show. One of the things I've been wanting to do is make a blurb book of my personal collection of photographer's shadows (see above). I'm in the process of that right now and it will be a short, affordable soft-cover open-edition book in the near future.

Merry Christmas

This is a re-post of my favorite found photo for the holidays. I got this a few years ago and I've used it on Christmas cards, mix cd covers, etc.

Merry Christmas everyone.

A winter landscape photo by Lee Sullivan (I think) - this was found at the flea market with a bunch of other fantastic photos I scanned and you can view here.

Found Photo of the Day

I sanded this photo down several years ago and found it today in a pile of other small photos. It has an interesting canvas-like texture to it - the back says "April 1974".

Found Friday

This photo was my great find at the flea market this last Sunday. It's a big print too - approximately 9x12". It was in with a lot of other photos of this kid and his family in Germany during WWII or shortly after the war. This shot was the best of the bunch.

Found Photos; Saturday Edition

I found these three photos among others at the flea market yesterday. As I've mentioned before, I've been collecting old photos since the 10th grade - at first I collected with the intention of using them in artwork but now I just collect them. These three were part of a pile of photos of one family's vacation to Europe and North Africa/Egypt. There were a lot of interesting photos, but these three were definitely some of the standouts.

ps - If you haven't read through Mindy's guest post yet - you really should (see below).

Found Photo - On the Plains

I haven't posted any vintage/antique photos in a while, so here's one from my collection.
The back says,

"Now laugh. Tee hee! Ha! Ha! Those are Mountains yu see 15 miles away."

New Background For You

I sized this image to fit a wide screen monitor (1280x800 px). PC users - click on image for larger size, then right-click and 'set as desktop background'.

New Found Photos

Those of you who have known me for a while or have read this blog for a while know that I've been collecting found photos for years. In fact it's probably been over 12 years now. I have amassed quite a collection. I've dug through thousands of antique and vintage photos, so I can say with some degree of experience that it is a rare thing to find a formally exceptional photographer or photograph. Most of the images I end up buying are unique in their subject or location but more often than not they are amateur in their technical or compositional approach. Well, today I got a great deal on a exceptional bag of 8x10" black and white photos. The guy I bought them from said they were taken by Lee Sullivan and he got them at an estate sale, but I couldn't find information on Sullivan online. Take a look at these - they're fantastic. There are numerous copies of most these photos in the bag- most with different exposures. I tried to scan the best ones, but there are a lot of great ones. For higher res images go here.

Found Photo

I picked this up at the flea market yesterday.

Shot to the Heart

Happy Valentines Day! (image from the collection of Nathan Abels)

Found Photo of the Day

I always thought this was a poignant image.
(from the collection of Nathan Abels)

Found Friday

This is my favorite found photo for the holidays. I got this a few years ago and I've used it on Christmas cards, mix cd covers, etc. Classic in my book.