Street Parking Photography 101
I've talked about my little project and the strange fixation I have with taking pictures of cars parked on the street here before so I won't go back over my motivations again, especially as they still are as confused as before. I did want to mention a little milestone I hit yesterday when I uploaded my 101st picture into the set (I try to use flickr sets as light boxes to work out a collection of pictures).
I had hoped to clear the century by New Years but real life got in the way. I am a little confused about the time line for this project; some pictures in the set date back to September of 2004 but I think I started to notice the theme and assemble the set on Flickr less than a year ago. If I can remain motivated and inspired enough, I will be disappointed if I haven't doubled the number in this set by the end of this year. I still don't know what I want to do with, or make of, them but I do enjoy their cumulative effect; each photograph individually is not that dramatic but when you see 101 with all their similarities and differences I think that the viewing experience is very different.
For the record, here is an approximate breakdown:
- Pickups: 19 (5 of which are red, most of which are rusty) - I don't even like pickups!
- RVs: 4
- VW bugs: 6
- Vans: 11 (I dislike vans more than pickups)
- Specific Vehicles Included more than once: 2 (I will get this down to 0 when I can decide which shot I like the most for each).
- Pictures of my own car: 1 (100 points if you know which one it is)
- Number of pictures which aren't side on with the car facing left: 8
As before, this project is not something to be taken very seriously or to be read into - it's just photographic doodling. Like doodling, it is fun and distracting, well, for the photographer least ways.
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