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.

Flea Market Find of the Day: Ghost Photo

I found this photo at the flea market today.

Found Photo of the Day

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.

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.

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 Photo of the Day

from the collection of Nathan Abels

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."

Found Photo

I picked this up at the flea market yesterday.

Leo & Pipo

Leo & Pipo

Nevadaville Revisted.

Last weekend we took a drive on the Peak to Peak byway from Central City to Estes Park, Colorado. We made a stop in one of the closer ghost towns to Denver called Nevadaville. It's hard to believe that during the peak of mining prosperity in the area more than a thousand people lived here. Here are several then and now comparison photos.

I've posted about Nevadaville previously and the art of Andre Yi.

Nevadaville, 19001937

February 2009

Sherriff Leonard Nichols -last resident of Nevadaville (photo ca. 1931-1935)

Main Street Nevadaville, February 2009

Colorado Trading & Investment Co. ca. 1894-1898
1939

February 2009

Main St., Nevadaville, Spring 1939Main St., Nevadaville, February 2009

Black and white historical photos from the DPL Western History and Genealogy archive.

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.

Chicago 1909

Chicago 1909 - scanned from my collection.

Planes in Trees