[de]sein

well since the show it has been stone cold as far as inspiration goes so i’m going to post some pictures that i’ve taken recently, just because i can. first are a couple of ’self-portraits’. one from the highway outside of the shop, and one on the metro.

this is the kind of thing that catie loves to do. reflections and projections.

and then the other day i took a self-guided tour of the alleys of capitol hill. there are a lot of great numbers and letters in these alleys. here is a set all from the same alley (not sure what the name is).

and then of course there is the requisite refuse. anyone who knew me during my photography phase in college knows that i have a fascination with toilets, but i really do believe that they may be one of the most beautiful objects that as a human race we have produced. and when you put it in a new context, it turns the whole area into something new.

during my wandering, i came to understand something that has always disturbed me about capitol hill. when you’re on the main streets, there are no power lines. as in none. what i realized is that all of the wiring for a block comes out of the ground in the alley and from there stretches to all of the houses. this makes for visually wonderful wire systems, but the agony of maintaining this area has got to be immense. and all for the sake of a little aesthetic fetish.