Everywhere Objects

© Joselito Briones

I've started a series of photographs of everyday objects in the neighborhood... objects that are so commonplace everybody barely notices them.

Something that one sees everywhere here in Erlangen... bicycles. This one is parked in an unmowed lawn of dandelions. More to come in this series.


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How fat is that pussy in the window?

© Joselito Briones

Not very, actually. Just can't think of what to call it, and I thought it interesting that this is on the same street where they display the other kind, also in windows, under red light. One of a series of pictures from Amsterdam that I will be showing you. Be prepared to be bored.

This is my first proper animal picture, so it's special to me, plus I like that the colors are very Ingres-like, hence the flickr title, "Ingres Cat".


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Another dose of red

© Joselito Briones

I know I'm sure by now you've seen plenty photos of the building where I live, but here's another one anyway. I photoshopped the sky so that it's flat and cool grey in tone to make the whole image look more like color swatches.

Got back early this morning (or late last night) from Amsterdam. That was a good trip, even the bus ride back wasn't so bad, I managed to get some sleep.

Can't wait to see how the pictures I took came out.


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Amsterdam

© Joselito Briones

Found myself in a bus to Amsterdam. It's a new experience, long distance bus ride, but eventually it's just as any long distance mode of transportation. All I wanted was to get it over with and get to the destination. In a way it was more comfortable than flying, because one has the comfortable feeling of being closer to the ground, better than train because it stopped several times, and of course, compared to driving, one doesn't have to bother about finding one's way and the fatigue of driving itself, and the advantage of being able to sleep whenever one wants to. The downside, of course, is that it took a loooooooong time.

Will be seeing Wil there, and Gau and Tony after a very long time. I last saw Tony in the Philippines, about three years ago, and Gau I think when I left Hong Kong for California, six years ago. We all decided to meet up in Amsterdam this weekend, to see the Madonna "Confessions" tour.


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He just had to be in the picture (A major disappointment)

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So I was taking this small gate of one of my neighbors, and this kid just sped through, which is just as well, the version without him had absolutely nothing going for it.

You'll just have to get used to these pics. I haven't been doing anything else lately but take pictures and scanning them, so if I don't write to you about them, I've got nothing else to write about.


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Oh yeah, major disappointment yesterday. I did this competition piece for a furniture design. I finished it yesterday, after about two weeks on picking on the details. Surprise, surprise, when I went to the DHL center they told me they don't have overnight delivery. HA! I shoved my entry in the bottom drawer.


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