This is a wonderful talk by David Carson, author/designer of The End of Print, The Book of Probes, and Trek. With ample humor, he offers his take on his work in graphic design, the role of visual images and print, and images found in media and public places.
It reminded me of our road trip to Upper Peninsula during the summer of 2007. I was in the process of training for the Marine Corps Marathon, and since I love trail running, I thought it would be a good idea to sign up for the inaugural 25K Tahqua Trail Run. One August day, we gamely packed up our car, and spent eight hours driving from our home in Madison to Paradise, Michigan.
Despite the fact that it was the peak of summer, it was only 34 degrees when the race started. The run itself was absolutely gorgeous, if technically challenging (it gets a bit hard to hopscotch over tree roots and climb steep hills after you’ve been running for hours!) And through a sheer fluke, I ended up winning my age category (lest you think I’m actually good at this, let me note that there were only two other women in my age bracket).
The run finished here, at the Upper Tahquamenon Falls (the second largest waterfall east of the Mississippi):
But anyway, back to found images. My husband and I are both avid photographers, and we love capturing images of what we encounter on our travels. So, inspired by David Carson’s talk, here’s what we discovered in the U.P.
We decided that the hip hop horses would be friends with the rhymenocerous and the hiphopopotamus.
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