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Sunset over Broad Street • Philadelphia, PA
Posted in Philadelphia, South Philly Safari
Tagged clouds, Joe Williams, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, photography, sky, sunset, USA
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Heading Toward 15th & Locust
Tina Garceau behind the lens again on the streets of Philadelphia some time in the very early ’80s.
Posted in Blast from the Past, Photography, The Photo Elective
Tagged 1980s, 1981, analog, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, photography, Tina Garceau, USA, vintage
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Walking Up 15th
Tina Garceau was one of many illustration majors at The Philadelphia College of Art forced to required to take an elective course in photography. She and an army of other art students scoured the streets of The City of Brotherly … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, Philadelphia, Photography, The Photo Elective
Tagged 15th, 1980s, 1981, 35mm, analog, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, photography, scan, Tina Garceau, USA, vintage
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Marlboro Country
The Market-Frankford El had made an unscheduled stop along the rails due to one of those mysterious and omnipresent signal problems. Fortunately this delay afforded me the opportunity to shoot the three-dimensional cigarette sign I had always admired as the … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures in Commuting, Philadelphia
Tagged cigarette advertising, cigarettes, commute, elevated, Joe Williams, Marlboro, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, SEPTA, train, USA
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Stupid Cupid
…and here’s my Valentine to Tina. I saw this poor guy on a stoop in South Philadelphia during one of my South Philly Safaris, and I knew I couldn’t pass it up with February 14th right around the corner.
Posted in Drawer Cards, Philadelphia, South Philly Safari
Tagged Cupid, February 14, Joe Williams, Pennsylvania, South Philly, USA, Valentine's Day
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Scooby Doo, Where Are You?
Eerie architectural detail above the entrance at the Southwark School located at 1835 S. 9th Street in South Philly. It looks either like on of the ghosts from Scooby Doo or one of the demonic cenobites from Clive Barker’s Hellraiser.
Posted in Philadelphia, South Philly Safari
Tagged Creepy, ghost, horror, Joe Williams, monster, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, South Philly, USA
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Walking West on Locust
Here’s another shot of the corner of Broad & Locust shot by the fabulous Tina Garceau back at the dawn of the 1980s. It seems she liked shooting at this particular corner which is about a block from where the … Continue reading
A Tree Grows in Lansdowne
My favorite tree on the way to work. The sun was hitting it just right so I pulled out my camera and took some texture shots. A little bit of this and that in a photo editor and there you … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures in Commuting, photo manipulation, Photography, Technique
Tagged Joe Williams, Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, photography, Photoshop, tree, USA
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What’s Playing at Dobbs?
Tina shot a few frames from the corner of Broad and Locust Streets back in what may be the fall of 1981. Note the poster pasted to the pole for a show at JC Dobbs.
Posted in Philadelphia, Photography, The Photo Elective
Tagged 1980s, analog, bus, JC Dobbs, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, SEPTA, Tina Garceau, USA, vintage
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