Open Air, Self Service Book Store on Flickr.

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In Birch Bay, Washington. Great idea, there’s a bin to donate ‘new stock’ and a box to leave your four bits (50¢) per book.

“Are you stealing from me?” on Flickr.

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Yes, sir, I did indeed take a photo of you and your paintings on public property. Now, I own your soul and shall toy with it at my leisure.

Made Real by Photographs on Flickr.

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Susan Sontag knew that of which she spoke. Way back in 1973, she wrote in ‘On Photography’ that ‘…people in industrialiazed countries seek to have their photographs taken—feel that they are images, and are made real by photographs.’

Have been re-reading On Photography for the last month or so. It’s taking a while because I keep going off on tangents, dipping into my library or the internet to reference photographers she mentions. It’s shocking to me just how applicable a book written 40 years ago is to photography today. I’d suggest even more so now than when I first read it 20+ years ago but, I might be wrong on that.

When I first read it, I was a worldly, jaded youth. Now, I’m just a starry eyed man approaching middle age. If you have an interest in photography and haven’t read it, I suggest doing so ASAP.

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Tropic of Vancouver on Flickr.

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Trajan was pretty excited to meet his first parrot on English Bay last night. Actually, I think it’s a Macaw but, still, beats the hell out of yet another pigeon or seagull!