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Giants Among Us

Sunday, January 31, 2010

New York City is the capital of the advertising business in North America so it is to be expected that commercial imagery is plastered everywhere you look.  The whole city has attention deficit disorder and all kinds of bids for attention have to be extravagant to be noticed at all.  Some of the faces and [...]

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Snow in the City

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Last weekend the Eastern U.S. had its first major snowfall of the season, immediately preceding the Winter Solstice.  Around this time of year our culture ritually celebrates the White Christmas and the Winter Wonderland, Jack Frost and Frosty the Snowman, calling up nostalgic images of horse-drawn sleigh rides and cozy houses among rolling hills of [...]

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The Spirit of Weeds

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Weeds are feral plants, the bane of gardeners and pavers.  They thrive in the most inhospitable settings, taking root in the sooty dust that collects in cracks, taking over abandoned urban spaces with remarkable speed, breaking concrete and reclaiming mankind’s barrens for the kingdom of plants.
Weeds may be glorious wildflowers or medicinal herbs, thistles, grasses [...]

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9/11: Signs in the Aftermath

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

For those of us who lived in New York City, the 11th of September, 2001 was a day of shock and loss, but the years following that day have been a slow-motion tragedy of squandered opportunities and betrayed values.  Here’s the story of the first five years following the attacks, told through pictures of signs [...]

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Ruined Signs

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

The city is a forest of signs, words and pictures vying for attention.  Most of them are highly transient, quickly posted over, vandalized or damaged.  They’re usually more interesting in their ruined state.
The cluster of pasted bills above is an example of a recent trend in advertising of using images that are eye-catching without any [...]

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