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Category Archives: Photography
Hooray For Hollywood
Posted in Holiday, Italian Market, Philadelphia, Photography
Tagged 9th Street, Hollywood Meat Market, turkey
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French Flag
Similar to the last one – this house is being torn down less than a block away from our house. I shot this to get a sense of the contrasting textures of the brick and the various wallpapers, but coincidentally it sort … Continue reading
Posted in News, Philadelphia, Photography
Tagged égalité, Flag of France, fraternité, liberté, South Philly, wallpaper
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Outside of Little Pete’s
We’re back again with more fabulous but somewhat damaged frames of film from the early 1980s. The year is 1981 and Tina Garceau is outside of Little Pete’s restaurant trying to fulfill a class credit requirement by snapping photos in … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, The Photo Elective
Tagged 1980s, 1981, 35mm, analog, black and white, film, Little Pete's, Pan-X, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, photography, Tina Garceau, USA, vintage, Willceau
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Italian Style Bakery
Posted in Philadelphia, Photography
Tagged bakery, D.E. Candeloro, old sign love, South Philly
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Polka Dots
15th & Locust – Center City Philadelphia circa 1981. Photographed by Tina Garceau.
Posted in Philadelphia, Photography, The Photo Elective
Tagged 1980s, 35mm, black and white, city, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, urban, vintage
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Concrete Wilderness
I saw an unusual sight that not everyone sees in the brick and mortar urban environment of the City of Philadelphia. In a tree on my block, which is the farthest thing I can imagine from a Marlin Perkins nature … Continue reading
Posted in Philadelphia, Photography
Tagged hawks, nature in the city, South Philadelphia
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The Philadelphia Experiment
A work assignment brought me deep, deep down into South Philly this week – down to The Navy Yard. I’ve lived in Philly for a long time – but this is the first time I’ve been down to one of … Continue reading

