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Tag Archives: Joe Williams
Overpass Party
Back in the 1980s, I went to art school, and I along with all of the other illustration majors were required to take a minor course in photography. We had to shoot the photos as well as process the negatives … Continue reading
Posted in The Photo Elective
Tagged 1980s, 1982, 35mm, analog, beer, concrete, Joe Williams, New Jersey, Philadelphia College of Art, USA, vintage, Westville
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My Ride to Art School
Back in the 1980s, I went to art school, and I along with all of the other illustration majors were required to take a minor course in photography. We had to shoot the photos as well as process the negatives … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, The Photo Elective
Tagged 1980s, 1982, analog, art school, Broadway, bus, commute, Joe Williams, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, photography, transit, USA, vintage, Westville
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It used to be Smiles…
…but in 1982 it was VIP Food Service. Back in the 1980s, I went to art school, and I along with all of the other illustration majors were required to take a course in photography. We had to shoot the … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, The Photo Elective
Tagged 1982, 35mm, analog, baking for the holidays, Broadway, corner store, Joe Williams, New Jersey, photography, Smiles, vintage, Westville
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Route 34
The trolley
Posted in Adventures in Commuting
Tagged commute, convergence, Joe Williams, Pennsylvania, perspective, Philadelphia, photography, SEPTA, transit, tread, trolley, USA
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School is Out
Back in the 1980s, I went to art school, and I along with all of the other illustration majors were required to take a course in photography. We had to shoot the photos as well as process the negatives and … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, Photography, The Photo Elective
Tagged 1982, 35mm, analog, art school, black and white, Joe Williams, New Jersey, USA, vintage, Westville
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The Photo Elective – Cundey’s Motel
When I was in art school in the early ’80s, I was required to take a photography elective course where we had to shoot photographs; develop the film; make prints from the negatives and hopefully wind up with something that … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, The Photo Elective
Tagged 1982, analog, art school, Crown Point Road, Joe Williams, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, photography, USA, vintage, Westville
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Child of the Corn
Yes, I know I’ve gotten plenty of mileage out of the Children of the Corn joke, but it’s almost Halloween and photographer John Capewell used this field of corn as a backdrop for a number of his photographs.
Posted in The Capewell Glass Negative Collection
Tagged analog, antique photograph, baby, Children of the Corn, corn, early 20th Century, glass negative, Halloween, Joe Williams, John B Capewell, New Jersey, photography, The Capewell Glass Negative Collection, USA, vintage, Westville, Willceau
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