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FLTS-W, Fairbanks Alaska. December 2016.
Ilford B&W disposable camera.
Scan of optical print processed by Blue Moon Camera and Machine.
A short series of images from the Farmer's Loop Transfer Site West.
Film: Fujicolor 200. Camera: Olympus Stylus Zoom.
Processing: Blue Moon Camera.
Epson Perfection4490 scan.
I like to carry a disposable camera in my glove compartment, or sled bag or pocket. I typically use them only when I don’t have another option, or sometimes for a certain (or more likely, uncertain) effect I’ve come to expect. I know, I know, that’s what phone cameras are for, right? But I hate the precision or something about them, or the annoying ubiquity. Plus, my archaic phone dies in the cold and has a really crappy camera (which sometimes I actually like). Anyway, the disposable camera often sits around or gets forgotten for months on end, which is another benefit, when I get the film back from the lab it’s always a surprise to see what I photographed that I typically forgot all about. I guess too seeing them altogether like this give a glimpse of some of what I’m about.
Kodak disposable camera with 800 ASA film. Optically processed with sloppy borders by Blue Moon Camera of Portland Oregon.
(I’m having a ton of trouble lately with my computers and internet. So I apologize for not interacting as much as I’d like. )
FLTS-E
East Farmer's Loop Transfer Site, Fairbanks, Alaska, May 21, 2014.
"Vicious, I want to hit you with a stick, but all I got's a guitar pick, Oh baby you're so vicious." - L. Reed.
Polaroid 600 Film, expired August 2008.
Yesterday (Monday May 2) at the Farmer's Loop West Transfer site.
It just so happens there was a front page article in our paper today on the same subject. It said among other things, "[Fairbanks] Residents dumped a total of 163.7 tons of refuse at the borough's transfer stations on Sunday."
What an incredible burden we have become to our planet. I was particularly taken with the Native American inspired imagery painted on the dumpster.
FLTS-W. Fairbanks, Alaska.
Sept. 3, 2014.
Impossible Project Color 600 Film. Polaroid 600 OneStep Camera.
Beautiful forest setting, comfortable rooms and beds. Having a wonderful time, miss you!
Farmer's Loop Transfer Site - West
Found sled from previous photo.
Impressive lashing and joinery, some the likes of I had not seen before. (View large if possible)
A small series of images from the Farmer's Loop Transfer Site West.
Some of you may know the Fairbanks area transfer sites include a covered "reuse/recycle" platform, yet many useful items are still deposited in the dumpsters. But daily people pick through the dumpsters looking for somethings or another, and some of these people place items they find that they cannot use themselves, items that are in good condition, they place them on or outside of the dumpsters as shown here. They do this not for themselves but for others. Typically the people who do this are of simple means, or "poor", yet they have a compassion and an ethic that goes beyond those who treat our resources and goods with disregard and abandon.
Film: Fujicolor 200. Camera: Olympus Stylus Zoom.
Processing: Blue Moon Camera.
Epson Perfection4490 scan.
Fairbanks Singer Songwriter Susan Grace Stoltz at the Farmer's Loop Transfer Site West. Summer 2017.
Ilford HP5 Plus single use camera.
A short series of images from the Farmer's Loop Transfer Site West.
Film: Fujicolor 200. Camera: Olympus Stylus Zoom. Processing: Blue Moon Camera.
Epson Perfection4490 scan.
At the FLTS-W.
Probably first or second generation HiLux. I asked the owner/driver if I could shoot it and he said I could. I asked if it was two wheel drive and he said it was.
My buddy had one like it back in the 80s and that truck could go places and do things that no 4WD could go or do. I told that story to the driver and he said, "a day doesn't go by where someone doesn't comment on this truck." It was in really nice shape.
I had my first exhibition yesterday. It went pretty well. First Friday show as a part of the Alaska Anthropological Associations annual conference. This years conference theme was Anthropology and Art. My theme was Disposable Culture with images from the Farmer's Loop Transfer Site. Some of the images were shown before on Flickr, but many were not. The frames were rescued windows from the FLTS. I had fun, it was a lot of work putting it together, and people were really supportive. Without the encouragement of my Flickr friends over the past 7 years, I probably wouldn't have done this. Thanks all!
Gathering for fall migrations.
Farmer's Loop Transfer Station - West.
Fairbanks, Alaska. September 2, 2014.
Impossible Project Color 600. Polaroid OneStep.
It appears that flat screen televisions were a popular Christmas gift this year.
Farmer's Loop Transfer Station, Fairbanks, Alaska. December 27, 2013.
Ain't that Amerika.
One Nation, under foot.
My research indicates that in terms of quantity of items, footwear amounts to the very highest in numbers of items disposed of at the FLTS.
Sadly to say, the Japanese tend to lose interest in many up-to-date products very easily.
You can get all used-books in this photo in 105yen each.
I took this shot at the UNT Surplus Warehouse in 2009. At the end of each semester, bikes left on campus are taken to the Surplus and sold for about $40 each.
Artist Statement:
In this piece, I wanted to explore the paradox of spectacle and labor the way systems of consumption are both hidden and glorified. The suited man represents corporate detachment, standing in awe of a window display that mimics struggle without acknowledging it. The sculptural figure, forever laboring, becomes an object of display, divorced from personhood. Meanwhile, the mannequins remind us that both observer and observed are products of the same system some active, some discarded. Is this a celebration or a warning? That discomfort is the point.
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