Tag Archives: Philadelphia College of Art

What’s Playing at Dobbs?

Posted on January 13, 2016 by Joe_Williams

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 , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Probably listening to an 8-Track Tape

Posted on December 29, 2015 by Joe

This was probably a self-portrait assignment that was part of the photo elective class illustrators had to take at the Philadelphia College of Art. I was probably listening to one of a small collection of remainder bin 8-track tapes while … Continue reading →

Posted in The Photo Elective | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Around Westville’s Pond

Posted on December 17, 2015 by Joe

This is far from being a spectacular photo, but people who live, lived in or walked around Westville, New Jersey probably know exactly where I took this shot.

Posted in The Photo Elective | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

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 →

Posted in The Photo Elective | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

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.

Posted in The Photo Elective | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Traffic Stop at Broadway and Olive

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Joe

Broadway and Olive circa 1982. Scanned from a negative.

Posted in The Photo Elective | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

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 →

Posted in Photography, The Photo Elective | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment