Re Work Disguised as Art

This is image is quite spectacular if you think that it was created from scratch in Photoshop 5.0 requiring 200 hours of time starring at an LCD screen. Sorry to admit that it is just an unaltered photo shot with a low cost point and shoot camera. Hopefully it still works as a reminder of the luxury of waste.

re txt mssg sgn

The wind assisted communication when it blew away the superfluous letters and converted this used car lot sign into a text message.

re Pet Rat

re THINK

The original IBM ad campaign might seem to have permanently damaged the word "Think",
however this recent pissoir message puts the verb in a new context.

re Please Ring Bell

San Francisco is a city of doorbells. Pick any street in any part of the city and the visual variations of such technology is compelling. They often betray far more than the owner might realize. After 50 years of over-painting, rusting, fingering, polishing, and labeling, it is still quite likely that a bell somewhere inside will sound the alarm when you give the button a push.

re Back View

The back view is rarely disappointing. . . even of religion.

re Red Cross

It is difficult to imagine a more successful rendering of the basic red cross design. Part of the impact might be the context of the vintage handpainted VW bus, but there is also something exceptional about the way the stencil failed to impede the running paint.