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Saturday, April 23, 2011

AutomoBEEEEEL?


(Snapped in January, 2011 - using a Holga 135)

To say that I'm fond of old cars...and trucks...hell, old vehicles in general...


(Snapped in January, 2011 - using a Holga 135)

...would be something of an understatement.


(Snapped on 2/01/11 - using an iPhone and an Instagram filter)

My affection is intense...as well as indiscriminate, and yet - has (almost) nothing to do with performance or horsepower, or anything under the hood.


(Snapped on 2/09/11 - using an iPhone and an Instagram filter)

Simply put, I like old cars for the way that they look.


(Snapped on 3/06/11 - using an iPhone and an Instagram filter)

It makes no difference to me, if they're rusty or wrecked or totally bunged-up... 


(Snapped on 3/13/11 - using an iPhone and an Instagram filter)

...meticulously maintained, or done-over...


(Snapped on 3/18/11 - using an iPhone and an Inastagram filter)

...I'm a sucker for the overall aesthetic of old cars...


(Snapped on 2/19/11 - using a Holga 120)

...well that...and the power they have - to imbue me with nostalgia for a completely different era - sometimes one that was over before I was even born.


(Snapped on 2/26/11 - using an iPhone and an Instagram filter)

I started drooling over old cars, long before I began photographing them...


(Snapped on 3/02/11 - using a Holga 120)

...but my iPhone and my Holga have helped me to take a blase, sorta sidelines fascination - to a much more satisfying level.


(Snapped on 3/20/11 - using an iPhone and two Instagram filters)

And making portraits of such expressive, weathered, even smiling "faces"...


...never fails to put a smile on mine too...

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