W/NW Photos of Nothing Special
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kossi008
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kuuan
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Rob-F
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OK this should qualify as a very ordinary casual snap:
dmr
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Actually, I like that one! A lot more "special" in that one than in many of those posted on the nycsubway site. 🙂
lawrence
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Belgian Railway Stations
Belgian Railway Stations
Bruges Railway Station
Mouscron Railway Station
Kortrijk Railway Station
Kortrijk Railway Station
Belgian Railway Stations
Bruges Railway Station
Mouscron Railway Station
Kortrijk Railway Station
Kortrijk Railway Station
Richard G
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Midday by Richard, on Flickr
Elephant in Castle by Richard, on Flickr
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North St Richmond by Richard, on Flickr
lynnb
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lynnb
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This is probably a better try. Local town centre redevelopment. It was an eyesore, soon it's going to be a much bigger eyesore. Nothing special that's for sure.
Dee Why town centre redevelopment by lynnb's snaps, on Flickr
5 exposure stitch with Bessa II
Dee Why town centre redevelopment by lynnb's snaps, on Flickr
5 exposure stitch with Bessa II
raid
Dad Photographer
I will give this a try:
kmallick
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kumotaki
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I have yet to find a really "meh" shot in that thread, because there is an intent somewhere in all these pictures. That's the problem.
What's more, in the 1980's, the artist Akasegawa Genpei even wrote a book about how urban "nothing special-ness" can become special if you look at it that way. He called it hyperart.
I believe that there is a way however. a) Drink a little bit too much so as to forget as soon as possible why you were taking a shot. b) Have your camera shoot accidentally at hyperfocal (a blurry picture doesn't count!). c) Or even better, have someone with no real interest in photography shoot something relevant with a wide angle lens. The relevant something will be there for sure, but it will be so well buried in the picture that it will be the closest it can be to nonexistant.
Case A
Case B
Case C
What's more, in the 1980's, the artist Akasegawa Genpei even wrote a book about how urban "nothing special-ness" can become special if you look at it that way. He called it hyperart.
I believe that there is a way however. a) Drink a little bit too much so as to forget as soon as possible why you were taking a shot. b) Have your camera shoot accidentally at hyperfocal (a blurry picture doesn't count!). c) Or even better, have someone with no real interest in photography shoot something relevant with a wide angle lens. The relevant something will be there for sure, but it will be so well buried in the picture that it will be the closest it can be to nonexistant.
Case A
Case B
Case C
kuuan
loves old lenses
ThomasM
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fireblade
Vincenzo.
fireblade
Vincenzo.
lawrence
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I don't think it is a problem. 'Nothing Special' refers to the subject matter rather than the photography.
fireblade
Vincenzo.
Rob-F
Likes Leicas
Yes I think that comment does apply. After reviewing all the comments so far, I think the ideas that come the closest to expressing what I had in mind are "Surfaces" (not necessarily American); "Ordinary"; or, "It is what it is, don't ask." There is a quality of "Here is someplace you have probably never been, not that you would want to go there just to look at this." Some of the shots I posted are like that. And some of my shots have not been well chosen for the category, being a little too 'nice" to fit. I will try to select better examples. Here's one:
Most of them should be nothing you'd want to hang on the wall.