Spirit of ‘76

Taken by Grant Hamilton.

Spirit of '76
January 20th, 2009

600, interestingness, polaroid, sx70, tiltviewer

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Comments

01 January 20th, 2009

tubes.

Kick. Ass.

02 January 20th, 2009

Nacho DeGarvo

Fitting day to post it too. Patriotic colors and whatnot.

03 January 20th, 2009

beachc0mber

Lyrics by The Alarm? :) Beautifully bold.

04 January 21st, 2009

rise3high

bold, beautiful.

05 January 21st, 2009

vincent m.

love it

06 January 21st, 2009

sylvanwye

so pure. where do you find these anyway?

07 January 21st, 2009

Grant Hamilton

Truck stops, airports, gas stations…

08 January 21st, 2009

acediscovery

There’s something so Americana about your work, it’s gorgeous and alluring, homely and friendly as all the best Americana is.

I’ve looked out for similar colours and patterns here in London, but I’m not sure they are here.

09 January 22nd, 2009

Grant Hamilton

home⋅ly   [hohm-lee]
–adjective, -li⋅er, -li⋅est. 1.lacking in physical attractiveness; not beautiful; unattractive: a homely child. 2.not having elegance, refinement, or cultivation. 3.proper or suited to the home or to ordinary domestic life; plain; unpretentious: homely food. 4.commonly seen or known.

??? Maybe you meant definition #4?

Well, the rest of what you said was very nice. You should look harder, the colours (I did that for you) and patterns are there. If you look at Clown Stripes and Right On, those are both from Tuscany–not exactly the type of place for bright colors and bold geometries. I think the difficulty is that the things I photograph are things that most people have trained themselves to ignore and it is difficult to remove that filter. Some of my subjects are less than a foot across. So you have to look pretty hard sometimes.

10 January 23rd, 2009

acediscovery

I have a different definition of homely to those dictionary definitions, which is interesting. I meant homely in the sense of the German word gemutlikeit - a sense of warm, friendly, cosy-ness.

Maybe ‘down-home’ is an American way of saying it?

Those definitions surprise me, in fact, especially #1 and #2…

11 January 23rd, 2009

Grant Hamilton

I didn’t think you were saying anything unflattering…

I agree that there is an “Americana” sort of pop-culture thing happening.

12 January 23rd, 2009

acediscovery

I’m just more surprised that I’ve been using homely wrong all these years… :)

13 January 23rd, 2009

Grant Hamilton

Maybe you meant this:

hom⋅ey   [hoh-mee]
–adjective, hom⋅i⋅er, hom⋅i⋅est. comfortably informal and inviting; cozy; homelike: a homey little inn.

14 March 10th, 2009

spacesick

love it!

15 April 3rd, 2009

Selim Ekmen

Hi, I’m an admin for a group called Great Shot!!!, and we’d love to have this added to the group!

16 April 6th, 2009

Jamie Mellor

Wow, this is interesting, I’m very happy to find your stream.

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