{"id":17787,"date":"2014-11-25T02:03:50","date_gmt":"2014-11-25T07:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=17787"},"modified":"2019-11-26T07:01:15","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T12:01:15","slug":"the-photo-elective-cundeys-motel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2014\/11\/25\/the-photo-elective-cundeys-motel\/","title":{"rendered":"The Photo Elective – Cundey’s Motel"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nWhen I was in art school in the early ’80s, I was required to take a photography elective<\/a> course where we had to shoot photographs; develop the film; make prints from the negatives and hopefully wind up with something that was either esthetically pleasing or good enough to get a passing grade. Most of my fellow students lived in and around the school in Center City<\/em> Philadelphia where they shot vibrant and dynamic images of urban vistas while I lived just across the Delaware River in suburban Westville, New Jersey and felt I had to scrabble for things worthy of making a monochromatic exposure. I thought I had nothing to shoot compared to the other kids. How wrong I was.<\/em><\/p>\n

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While my classmates were shooting Billy Penn or City Hall or the Reading Terminal for the billionth time, I went wandering along Crown Point Road to see what I could see. Here we have Cundey’s Motel<\/em> <\/strong>that enticed truckers with a welcoming manner and the promise of COLOR TV<\/strong>. It was probably just broadcast television, but it was<\/em> in living color. If they had cable, I’m pretty sure they would have crammed HBO<\/strong> and PRISM<\/strong> on that sign.<\/p>\n

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One of the things I realize as I look at this is that I probably passed this place a million times in a car going 50-60 miles per hour. It was a blur, and I didn’t really take the time to stop and look at these places until I was on foot and a grade point average was riding on it. I’m glad I did because I managed to capture another place and another time. It didn’t seem terribly important back then so I never bothered making prints from most of the negatives. I’ve recently scanned a number of these negatives, and I had several “Oh, yeah”<\/em> moments. The places are not historic but what has changed is very interesting. It’s weird how much you miss that water when the well runs dry.<\/p>\n

The shots I’ve posted of Westville and thereabouts are getting a lot more attention than what I’ve been posting of Philly. My shots of the Mardi Gras Club<\/strong><\/a> and Murphy’s Tavern<\/strong><\/a> have stirred up a decent amount of excitement here and at the Westville<\/strong><\/a> and Gloucester City<\/strong><\/a> pages over on Facebook<\/em>. People seem to like them so I’m going to post what I have. I wish I had shot a lot more!<\/p>\n

As always, I welcome your comments, questions and anecdotes which you can leave below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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