I wasn't expecting this.

Timmerman's Supper Club
Dubuque, IA

Test roll from the Zarya, a Soviet Leica-wannabe from somewhere around 1959 or 1961 that I picked up last summer on Ebay and only just got around to shooting.

I wasn't expecting this: I thought it would be grainy and unsure, like the Holga, but the test shots came back lush and sharp -- even more surprising in light of the fact that Zarya has no built-in rangefinder or light meter.

Weekend's here. Gonna go shoot some more.



Home of the Sugar Steak
Denver, CO

city

Warren, PA

red's

Espanola, NM

Exhibit C

Exhibit C
Originally uploaded by suttonhoo.

Which shall remain unnamed, because I've forgotten the name of this place and now can't read it off my tiny handheld (maybe you can tell me?).

Posting by cameraphone from Boston where I'm waiting out the storm.

Update: Cantina Italiana. (Thanks, annicmcq.)

Exhibit B: Modern Pastry

Exhibit B: Modern Pastry
Originally uploaded by suttonhoo.

More pink & green Boston neon
shot along Hanover Street.

Posting by cameraphone.

Exhibit A: Ida's

Exhibit A: Ida's
Originally uploaded by suttonhoo.

It's early yet, and I'm working with a limited dataset, but my suspicion is: Of the neon that populates this fair city of Boston, pink & green predominate.

At least in the North End.

Posting by cameraphone. Shot these along Hanover Street (Exhibits B & C to follow shortly).

chin's

chin's
Originally uploaded by suttonhoo.

Chin's Chop Suey
To Take Home

Posting by cameraphone
from Glen Ellyn, IL

the intersection of desire

Albuquerque, NM Motel sign
Originally uploaded by army.arch.

Classic neon signage and the call of the open road: Be still my heart »

and now for a little neon

You know you're in Tahoe when the "Stardust" is a "Lodge".

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