Category Archives: The Photo Elective

The Fall of 1982

Posted on December 10, 2015 by Joe

I think this is somewhere near Gateway Regional High School late in 1982. I shot this for a photo elective course I was required to take as an illustration major at the Philadelphia College of Art. I think the skeletal … Continue reading →

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Up on the Circle

Posted on December 2, 2015 by Joe

The following frames are among my favorite shots from this Photo Elective series. They are photos of a defunct greasy spoon known as the Murphy House that sat before a swampy marsh up in the area where Westville ended.

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Traffic Stop at Broadway and Olive

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Joe

Broadway and Olive circa 1982. Scanned from a negative.

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Outside of Little Pete’s

Posted on November 19, 2015 by Joe

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 →

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Polka Dots

Posted on November 4, 2015 by Joe

15th & Locust – Center City Philadelphia circa 1981. Photographed by Tina Garceau.

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In My Room

Posted on October 22, 2015 by Joe_Williams

Here’s another Photo Elective shot that seems more like an act of desperation than an intentional attempt at art.

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Lee-Locke Tombstone

Posted on October 9, 2015 by Joe_Williams

Here’s another Photo Elective shot I took in South Jersey back in 1982. My camera was focused and my mind fixed upon the subject of death and decay because I was a horror film fanatic at the time, and I … Continue reading →

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