Friday, December 05, 2008

Wedding Photos Scattered Along Garland Road

This is what I get for walking to Starbucks instead of driving like most people in Dallas.






11 comments:

wubbahed said...

Great... now I'm dying to know whether the photos were intentionally or accidentally thrown out...

M. Robert Turnage said...

I have no idea. They lasted about half a mile down the road and ended with an empty photo box. I don't know if you can tell or not, but several of them have tire tracks on them and pavement imprints on them.

When I picked them up and carried them into Starbucks, the barista tried to make conversation by asking me if I was a wedding photographer. I told her, no, I was into found art. She didn't know what to make of that.

M. Robert Turnage said...

The Found Magazine site? Already in progress.

I saved my favorite picture for the end. Something about the bride's down-turned, out-of-focus face makes the shadowy mother figure in the background more menacing.

Susan said...

http://www.ifoundyourcamera.blogspot.com/

That's the site I send any random pictures I find to.

I love/hate the last picture because it's all sad and real. :(

alex said...

Very cool. Your title almost made it seem like you were disappointed to score such a choice find.

M. Robert Turnage said...

Susan, you are right. I am sure it was just a random moment that could have been misinterpreted, but it really stood out from the rest of them.

Alex, I was a little sad to find them. They stretched over about a half mile, and I posted about 1/3 of what I picked up. Something about seeing happy faces run over by tire tracks brought out the sentimental side.

heather said...

that's the first thing that came to my mind too. :) i haven't been to ifoundyourcamera.com in a long ass time. thanks for reminding me about the site.

heather said...

(oh, and intentionaly tossed photos would most likely have been torn first)

Cyber D said...

The first thing that came to my mind was that the bride was kind of hot... the second thing that came to mind was wondering if she was still married...

R* said...

i love it!

Churlita said...

After the tornado, we found all kinds of photos from the sorority house a few blocks away.it was kind of sad, because we had no way to get them back to the students.