Rexburg Walk
I used to walk to work and I used to walk around Rexburg and photograph some of the interesting, weird, beautiful, funny, and noteworthy discoveries I made. In fact I even published the book under the title of "Rexburg". It was self-published and I only made two copies, so you may not have heard of it.
Anyway, my car is in the shop in Idaho Falls, so I was car-less today. On my way to and from work I decided to do some exploring. I remembered why I liked making these photographs and I also remembered why I stopped.
It is really fun to find and photograph these things and digital photography has made it so easy. It's a totally different way for me to work, which is refreshing. However, I felt like a bit of a creep sneaking around on the fringes of people's property. I would sneak in and take a quick photograph and hope nobody saw me, or if somebody did see me I hoped they didn't know me. Anyway, it was fun/uncomfortable and I may have to rekindle these walks/explorations. Here are some of today's discoveries.
Basketball under Lillies, October 2007
Plastic Bag with Brown Liquid, October 2007
Gate with Shadow, October 2007
Stump with Six Holes, October 2007
Fence with Reflected Light, October 2007
Anyway, my car is in the shop in Idaho Falls, so I was car-less today. On my way to and from work I decided to do some exploring. I remembered why I liked making these photographs and I also remembered why I stopped.
It is really fun to find and photograph these things and digital photography has made it so easy. It's a totally different way for me to work, which is refreshing. However, I felt like a bit of a creep sneaking around on the fringes of people's property. I would sneak in and take a quick photograph and hope nobody saw me, or if somebody did see me I hoped they didn't know me. Anyway, it was fun/uncomfortable and I may have to rekindle these walks/explorations. Here are some of today's discoveries.
Basketball under Lillies, October 2007
Plastic Bag with Brown Liquid, October 2007
Gate with Shadow, October 2007
Stump with Six Holes, October 2007
Fence with Reflected Light, October 2007
posted by Darren at
7:16 PM
9 Comments:
Cool. I wished you hadn't ever stoped. Think of the book you would have now, Vol. 14, edition 12.
Also, how's the new camera?
Other people's crap are gold mines!
Ummm...you're now officially a 'dirty old man'.
Nice shots.
i recently started going around and doing the same thing. its fun but sometimes people do give you a wierd look.
Love those photos! I started thinking about what the brown liquid could be in the plastic bag and I gagged a little. Serious.
I think the plastic bag has been in the trees for a while. It is probably just rain water and runoff from leaves and such... I hope.
Nice! When do you get your car back? Maybe next time we can actually meet up. By the way...how's the new shirt?
The new shirt is awesome. Did you find the pins, plastic, and cardboard?
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