Imperial
620 snap shot
Camera
The Herbert George company founded by Herbert Weil and George Israel around 1945 manufactured a slew of simple plastic cameras.
“The lenses are simple meniscus glass lenses, with a fixed aperture of about f/11 and shutter speed of about 1/30- 1/60 sec.” – Mark O’Brien
Intersecting lines
Foundation scaffolding
Visual narrative
Art can reveal the grid as a human construct, subject to will and interpretation.
“Art becomes so specialized as to be comprehensible only to artists, and they complain bitterly of public indifference to their work.” – Wassily Kandinsky
Nietzschean perspectivism
Fragmented and overlapping
Reflectivity
By presenting no single,coherent message, the image reflects a multitude of possible interpretations.
“The eternal recurrence is the most affirmative thought.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
Hand Forged
Wrought Iron
Meat Hooks
Breathing new life into old materials.
“If it can’t be reduced, reused, repaired, rebuilt, refurbished, refinished, resold, recycled, or composted, then it should be restricted, designed or removed from production.” – Carl Sandburg
Complex interplay
Forces converge
Within confines
The greenhouse, with its constant flux of light, temperature, and humidity, embodies the notion of process.
“The actual world is a process, and every actual entity is a process of concrescence.” – Alfred North Whitehead
In the middle
Something serious
Common denominator
All I need is the salt in my hair and the sand between my toes.
“If there’s heaven for me, I’m sure it has a beach attached to it.” – Jimmy Buffett
Thunderbird
Hubcap
Reflection
For 1956 the most notable change was moving the spare tire to a continental-style rear bumper in order to make more storage room in the trunk.
“How can I go on a cruise without my cabana-wear?” – Frank Costanza
Restroom monitor
Private business
No entry
He makes himself out to be a benevolent ruler, who is showing merciful kindness to one of his undeserving subjects.
“I am altering the deal. Pray I don’t alter it any further.” – Anakin Skywalker
Dedicated to
Road vehicle
Variations
Petrolheads are immersed in an environment of plastic, steel, and hot asphalt in support of the car culture and lifestyle.
“The Gothic cathedral of modern times.” – Roland Barthes
Once a marvel
Domestic engineering
Sits inert
A hauntology is the presence of the past that is neither simply present nor absent.
“A ghost never dies, it remains always to come and to come-back.” – Jacques Derrida