I assume ‘Calif.’ is short for ‘California’. Perhaps the bit before is the ‘ica,’ of ‘Santa Monica,’?
This is the second photo I’ve posted of this fella. Here’s the first.
‘JULY 84’ is stamped on the back.
I’ve only just realised that the person holding the kid is a woman, not a chap in a Navy uniform.
‘AUG 1988’ is stamped on the back.
I don’t like to explain why I like the photos, too much. But this one’s pretty amazing. Take note of the background details! Has someone knocked a hole in the wall? What’s the go with those posters?
For school, I made a version of this with me photoshopped in, leaning on the front girl. I am certainly not posting it!
‘APR 1984’ is stamped on the back.
Endless Present
The National Gallery of Victoria has an exhibition—Endless Present—of the work of Robert Rooney.
I’m mentioning it because, although he doesn’t use found photos, their unmediated beauty appeals to me in the same way the best of the photos here do.
Rooney uses photography as a documentary tool. One project involved photographing his bed, each day; another his clothes for the day—ordered, and folded. Particularly I liked the results of a project where he would place the camera on the ground, (inside, and outside) and take a photo in each of the cardinal directions. The result
The exhibition is, perhaps, half Rooney, and half other conceptual artists of the time—Ed Ruscha, Sol LeWitt, etc. It ends March 27.