a rare treat

so yesterday i was walking along 6th ave in midtown manhattan

when i passed by here-http://www.icp.org/

in the window display was

a gift box of disposable placemats with photos of diner meals on them

JACKPOT!!!!

i had to go in and check this out.

i couldn't afford the admission fee or the time to see the exhibit-

so i stepped into their lovely bookstore!

first i found the placemats with pictures like this on them...

breathtakingly great. i love this stuff.

things i like to take pictures of include:

roads

meat on the grill

random chairs

dog toys as if they are posing for a portrait

any kind of meal

tchotkes

my feet in shoes.

who was this genius taking these photographs????

just when i thought it couldn't get any better...they were from the 70's!

oh yeah! dig it!

i am no hippy

-though i tried it out in college for awhile-

but as a 70's baby i have a great great fondness for

green shag carpeting

fake grainy wood

wallpaper that makes you feel as if you are

in the middle of a fall forrest

or sitting by a running brook

i also love a great classic rock song

don't get me wrong-i don't want any of that crap decorating my home.

though i do love me some freedom rock.

i just love the life photos from this time give off.

that sort of brown-natural-hazy goodness

photo's from the 70's seem to share.

i can't get enough of it!!

well i was in luck! they had books and books filled with his photographs!

who is this person?!?!

STEVEN SHORE

he also has tons of open road photos. like this one!

man, i really feel like i just am not doing

STEVEN SHORE-MASTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY

justice!

his photos of the open road and small towns of america in the 70's makes me want to jump in a car and drive and drive and drive....

until i need to grab some grub

and settle in for the night

my heart is blooming!

p.s. his book of work titled american surfaces is just a dream. i am saving my pennies!