The Holga Camera- Its a cheap plastic toy camera with surreal and unpredictable results. It distorts perception and image perspective. It leaks light into the camera body, resulting in light streaks and sometimes spotty, uneven exposure. In the end, these imperfect images either work beautifully or come out disastrous.
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Archive for January, 2009
Holga Polka Invitational
Posted in Abandoned, Eminent domain, Photography, St. Louis, Suburban Decay, Suburbia, Urban Decay on January 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The houses that recently left us… 6 and a half houses left.
Posted in 1, Abandoned, Eminent domain, Photography, St. Louis, Suburban Decay, Suburbia, Urban Decay on January 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Six houses were taken down the week of December 15-22nd. They were finishing removing the foundation of the last one on Gladwyn on Dec. 23rd, and began asbestos removal on Brampton by then. Since this was an insanely busy week for me (and an insane holiday season), I did not record the actual [...]
Large posts coming soon….
Posted in Abandoned on January 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I took a break from posting this holiday, but tomorrow I plan to post two large posts about some updates. It does indeed look as though the houses are going to be completely gone within the month… February at the latest. I may even get the schedule of the last house going down if I [...]





