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Dreamy and colorful - the corrosion and breakdown of the old leaded paints created a beautiful abstract scene I couldn't resist.
This will be last post for the Penitentiary series. Other images might be used in future but this ends the morbid series on a colorful note!
For Macro Mondays - Copper
I tried a few images with copper wire but was not happy with them so raided the plumbing spares drawer in the shed.
Happy Macro Monday!
Happy Bench Monday!
Hope they were just remodeling their bathroom - however the yellow of the toilet is repeated on the bottom of door leading one to think it is coordinated that with the porch!
I really have absolutely no idea where I shot this. I believe it was somewhere in Milwaukee. Who cares, it's pretty nifty anyways. Of course, I love the blue neon drops, since I'm a sucker for blue neon.
Los Angeles, CA
Serendipity. We had a red-eye flight back to Toronto the day I shot this image so, in the afternoon, we headed to the vicinity of LAX so it would be easy to return our rental car with plenty of time to catch our flight. We spent the time just driving around, exploring streets we hadn't driven before, with one eye on the clock. And as we did that, we came across these Stephan Plumbing signs. Pretty cool, right?
Jack Stephan served in the navy in WWII and, after the war ended, he started his own plumbing business in Los Angeles. Since I have never lived in Los Angeles, this plumbing business was not familiar to me, but I've learned online that Jack Stephan was well known for his commercials on local tv in the 70s and 80s.
Info about the signs from the always-informative Roadside Architecture site:
"Jack Stephan Plumbing & Heating had two animated neon signs. They are both at least 15 feet tall. One faucet pours water with sequentially lit strands of tubing. The other faucet has five drops which are lit in sequence. Chief Neon produced these signs in 1946 for $1,500. The signs had been dark since around 2015. The neon was a frequent target of rock-throwing vandals. The last estimate to repair the signs was $5,000. In 2018, these signs were donated to the Museum of Neon Art in Glendale, CA."
I shot this photograph in late September, 2018, so I'm guessing I captured it shortly before the signs were removed to MONA in Glendale. Like I said, serendipity.
Day 6 - Post 1
Fujifilm Instax mini EVO + Fujifilm Instax Mini Monochrome film
Settings: FILM No. 5 Monochrome + LENS No. 8 Mirror
I spent quite some time editing this, because the basin and wall are rather "ugly". The textures are fascinating, though. :-)
Have a wonderful day, everyone.
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