With the advent of photobooks, which enable you to fill a page with just one photo or many, or to embellish a page with a small photo – perhaps a flower, or an architectural detail – I’ve started taking some series of photos. Other than flowers, which I always photograph, the subjects of these series differ depending on the location. In Italy I took several series over our three months there – there was of course the inevitable food series, and the compulsory aperitif/beer shots that developed naturally into a series, as I snapped shots on my phone for Fb. Other series were more deliberate; after seeing so many interesting chimneys, I decided to take a series of them, and the same happened with door knobs, mailboxes, water fountains, and – because it was Italy – vespas.
I also ended up with a series of the ubiquitous white delivery vans of Europe – simply because it seems that whenever there is the perfect square or scene you want to photograph, there will always be a ubiquitous white van in the way. My husband and I laughed every time we took a shot with the “ubiquitous white van” because the more we looked for them, the more we found – in the sunflower fields of the Molise, or in the middle of the Vatican, there was always a white van.
Do you do this? And if so, what do you photograph?
The first thing that came to mind when I read this is that I have dozens of photos of various family members napping, dating back to when I was a teenager & first got a camera. I don’t know how that became a habit, but it did. Not everyone appreciates it, of course 😉 but I have some priceless shots, including my mom & her brother (my uncle) both curled up & napping side by side on the floor in front of the fireplace at his house, about 20 years ago. And yes, I have thought of making an album (mini-scrapbook or photo book) with all the photos I’ve taken over the years. 🙂
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I love that idea! How fabulous to have a collection dating back decades.
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I once went through Europe taking pictures of crossing signs. I think you can tell a lot about a country based on their cross walks.
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Van idea is great! I like quirky photos that show an unexpected side of a place.
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What a great idea! I love photobooks and looking over old holiday photos, brings back memories.
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Are you sure you aren’t being followed?
The contents of my refrigerator were once photographed by a photographer neighbor for a book I couldn’t afford. I never did see the photo. But it was a book of what’s in the fridge!
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Great
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Oops, that previous comment was unintentionally pithy… love the “white van” series, and like Indigo, I wonder if you were being followed.
I don’t have a camera/phone/other image-recording device–I know I know, what century am I living in–but if I did, I would do something similar to what Indigo’s neighbour was doing, except with a focus on condiments,
In the absence of that capability, can I put in a request for a post on what condiments are lurking in people’s fridges?
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Helen, oddly, in my drafts folder, I have a post called “What’s in my fridge.”
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Helen: Perhaps I will update, but here’s an old post: http://alphabird.blogspot.com/2008/01/f-is-for-frustration-and-fridge.html
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