Thursday, September 30, 2010

But...


I wasn't going to post this pic, but... ;-)

7 comments:

  1. Hi Rick, Now I know that cigarette butts have their place in fine art. Glenn will photograph and post images of garbage cans ... not everything is pretty. thanks, sp

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  2. But I've never understood the vending machines ... Maybe they're just not as ubiquitous as the garbage cans down here.

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  3. The vending machines have character! They have personality and spunk! They remind me of one time when we were on vacation out west, near Reno, and there was a vast stretch of dirty dry landscape with a lone bus bench. You have got to love absolute favorite. sp

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  4. Sorry, I messed up the codes & links. These are the ones I like best: 1. and 2. sp

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  5. Susanna,
    I'm not sure I'd call what I do "fine art," but thanks!

    Glenn,
    The vending machines are ubiquitous over here, and I started posting them as kind of a joke. I've grown fond of them and their surroundings, though. And sometimes they make for good photos.

    I think all three of us just post pics of the stuff we see around us--both the mundane and the "beautiful."

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  6. I'm not putting down your ve4nding machines, you know. You do know that, don't you, Rick. I just don't see them here. Although, come to think of it, I did catch a glimpse of one day before yesterday in a little bar I never frequent. It was a refurbished candy machine now stocked with cigarettes. The nightmare of every parent: tobacco aiming its wares at the little ones ...

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