This picture is for anyone who thinks that the film camera scene in Tokyo is comprised of “poseurs”.
Judging by the amount of wear on this Bessa it’s also a fairly good illustration in proving that a photographic life unconcerned with further gear acquisition is perhaps possible. Think of all the money he was free to spend on film and photo paper by not buying a Leica and a few lenses.
Speaking of the humble Bessa R, for what it is worth a classmate of mine at the University of Nebraska got into Yale’s photo grad program with the work he made with this camera and the other version of this lens.
I dream of a day when Subway isn’t the second highest rated sandwich shop in Vancouver.
Reppin’ La Grotta hard! Just around the corner from my place. I have eaten many a sandwich from there, and totally agree with it’s first place ranking. Second AND third however… Well, one is subway, and the other gives you meat sandwiches with practically no meat for way too much money. No thanks.
Someone at Waterfront station likes their Adbusters.
Yeah, ease up on the 90s “alternative” GenX design and heavy-handed message, no one in particular.
There’s THREE of these at the Canada Line station in Yaletown, which I find a little hilarious. “Hey yuppies, don’t do what you love to do so much!” I wonder who is paying for these things.
A friend who maintains a street style blog asked me to put together a collage illustrating the sort of fashion that I typically wear. So I’ve spent most of my day off scouring the Internet for pictures of clothes that look like “pieces” that I actually own. Aside from the watch and the camera, which I actually own, I could never justify the purchase of anything else in this image. Spending a week’s worth of my wages on a shirt and tie isn’t the sort of thing that I’m able to do, but pretending that I can makes for fancy graphics.
Oh yes, I even got to craft some fake soundbytes.
“If I have to label my style, I suppose that I would describe it as either post-emo modernism or Banana Revolutionary.”
“No man over the age of twenty-five has any excuse to wear a poorly fitted t-shirt and jeans in public. “
“If you’re a man who doesn’t carry a bag, it tells people that your life so unremarkable that you can carry it your pockets.”
“That watch is a cheap Chinese import, and it’s more ironic and irreverent than a fake Rolex. Which I also own.”
“When the economy is booming, the thrift store finds are better. I think that its a combination of a fashion industry that has the money to risk on forward designs and consumers who are more concerned with keeping up with the trends than they are with keeping up on their bills. When the economy tanks, people aren’t buying entirely new wardrobes, so the thrift pickings are slim and prices are also much higher.
“Men pay way too much for clothes, because retailers know just how much we hate to shop. Not only is there a glaring lack of choice that keeps prices up — just consider how few square feet of store space is reserved for mens clothing — the culture of shopping alienates men to the point where most of us are willing to drop money once we find something that fits us, just to get out of the shop. And so retailers don’t have any incentive to price things moderately.
Seriously. Mario and His son Constantin or something are asshole who treat their employees like shit. If the store went out of business it would be best for everyone.
