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Gaiety Sandwich Shop — an Update
People constantly scour the Internet seeking the newest of the new. What I love about the Internet is that it is also a nearly infinite backlog of information. There is something for everyone, and something that may have been posted … Continue reading
Posted in Philadelphia, Photography, The Photo Elective
Tagged 1980s, 1982, analog, Gaiety Sandwich Shop, Joe Williams, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA, vintage
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Fun with a Free Photo Editor
I fired up the free, cross-platform, image editing software known as GNU Image Manipulation Program or GIMP and had a bit of fun with this photo I shot of an industrial building at the corner of 12th and Jackson in … Continue reading
Up on the Roof
Along Broad Street in South Philadelphia
Posted in Looking South
Tagged Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, photography, South Philly, USA, vintage
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Getting to Church Early
The center aisle of Saint Rita of Cascia on South Broad Street off of Ellsworth in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Posted in Looking South
Tagged altar, beautiful, Catholic, Catholicism, church, marble, Pennsylvania, pew, Philadelphia, Saint Rita, South Philly, USA
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Primary Colors
Cranes above a construction site at Broad and Washington in South Philadelphia.
Posted in Looking South
Tagged colors, construction, cranes, Joe Williams, Pennsylvania, photography, South Philly, USA
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Digital Clutter
This is a followup to my earlier post about the art school formerly known as The Philadelphia College of Art. Thanks to the Internet Archive which is probably the greatest site on the internet a number of odd, wonderful and … Continue reading
The Way It Was
This terrific map is from the 1982-83 Philadelphia College of Art catalog which I uncovered amid the clutter in my studio. I marveled at the magnificently clean graphic design done well before anybody had heard of Illustrator, Freehand or CorelDraw. … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, Curious Clutter, Philadelphia
Tagged 1980s, Joe Williams, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, USA, vintage
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