Fancy Pharmacy (New York, NY) – We found ourselves on the southeast corner of Rivington & Essex early one summer evening while walking around the LES. Looking diagonally across the street, the weathered painted signs on the facade of a pharmacy caught my eye. As soon as I signal changed…
Before & After is a series documenting the changes that occur to vintage signs over time, usually due to damage and/or replacement. Back in November 2011, I drove past an old motel in Maplewood (Minnesota) whose great vintage neon sign I’d first photographed several months prior. I hadn’t been in…
Canajoharie, NY – Perhaps the most recognizable landmark in this small upstate New York town has been lost forever. Last week the bright red letters of the long-standing Beech-Nut scaffolding sign were removed from atop the 800,000 square foot factory that now sits vacant along the banks of the Mohawk…
I saw something pretty great on the way home from a coffee date with the wife this morning. Something that made me do an ill-advised three-point-U-turn right in the middle of the street. There was some work being done to the outside of the old Bayers Hardware store – a…
Before & After is a series documenting the changes that occur to vintage signs over time, usually due to damage and/or replacement. Over Christmas, my wife and I made a quick trip back to her home town of Mitchell, SD. It was my first trip to this relatively small town…
By now you’ve likely heard ad nauseum about how (seemingly all) Instagram users took exception to some of the language in the mobile photo sharing app’s new Terms of Service announced earlier this week. In short, the new terms read as though Instagram was about to allow advertisers to buy…
Note: Instagram has revised their Terms of Service, addressing the issues which have lead many to want to delete their account. That being said, the following steps outline the best way to delete your Instagram account should you choose to do so. Here is the best way to go about…
Note: Instagram has since revised their Terms of Service, addressing the issues outlined below. Yesterday, Instagram announced new Terms of Service which are already being referred to as their ‘suicide note’ by some photographers. These changes, which the NYT Blog does a good job of outlining, go into effect January…
To celebrate the relaunch of Recapturist.com, two lucky Facebook fans will be receiving one of my special edition vintage sign posters! This huge 23×35 poster features 35 of the best vintage sign photos from the Recapturist collection and is printed on high-quality 7 mil semi-gloss paper using superior dye inks. …
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