Thrift Store Camera

I found a disposable camera at the Salvation Army and got the thing developed! I think the one of the couple is cute. I imagine they picked up the camera and took a selfie! There is a weird one that looks like a finger or.. something else…

The Thespian

Digging through the books at my local Salvation Army in 2007 and this fell out in pristine condition. This photo has everything that the 80s had to offer: permed mullet, bolo tie with vest, bad paneling and those ceramic mardi gras masks that every girl from the age of 11-18 had in her room. I … Continued

Wolfman

I found this at the Salvation Army near Junction and Michigan Avenues. Life is a charming thing.

October Haul

This was tucked away in an old photo album being sold at a Goodwill-type store in Sioux Falls. There were more pictures of these brothers (?) in their hunting gear.

The Masked Men

Found in beat-up secondhand copy of The Abomination by Paul Golding.

Tricycle Bandit

I found this in a mix of of old slides from a thrift store that I bought to test out a projector I found on the street earlier that week. Good news, the projector works like a charm.

Kill the Rabbit, Kill the Rabbit

I found this old photograph along with some others in the flea market. I was pretty sad to see someone throw away a photo with such character. These men lived only 60 years ago, and no one cared to keep this picture of them.

Double Heeled

This photo was found in a drawer in a classroom of the alternative high school I attended. Since the school lacked funding, prom photos were taken by teachers with students posing in front of cheap backdrops. I’m not sure if the double exposure was an accident or done intentionally by a student in the darkroom.

Before and After

This was found in a book at a thrift store. It was in a book where you put images from your home over time. The book was dated from the 1980s. These were the only three images pasted in on the front page. It said “Before” and “After” written on the page of the book … Continued

A Proud Moment

I found this on the curb behind a house whose contents were being liquidated after the owner’s death. This color xerox, sloppily scissored and pasted onto a plain white sheet of paper, then tagged with a pre-printed caption, seemed like such a mix of forethought and complete carelessness I had to wonder who made it, … Continued