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my younger sister just loves the fact that i am a collector (smell that sarcasm?) but there are certain smaller collections that i have that just absolutely kill me.
OPP - i have a box marked OPP which is translated into other peoples pictures. this kills me because its not something i think i should ever find. there will be periods where i will not come across any and then i came across them by the bushel. several times i have come across them in complete form where negatives and prints are there. sometimes i have found undeveloped rolls that i have had to get developed. but generally its hust piles of pictures. the one thing i find odd and kind of funny is that no one seems to label there pictures. at a recent estate sale there were thousands of prints priced at $0.10 each and i instead walked out with 30ish slides. because slides trump prints in my world. and hey i was rewarded by a couple of snapshots of stonehenge.
for the record this does not include pictures i have received from friends family and the like. also i have come across pictures of people i recognize but do not know but plenty of places i have been or seen.
8mm films - this is the fun one because a lot of people think there is no market for them so they toss them but to make up for it those who sell them sell them high. and they still get there money. i have a few that are commercial products but what i crave are the home movies. these show life and style as it really was. commercial movies always show either the best or worst of things. these capture all those people that fall somewhere in between from angles you never see at the picture show. the thing i find funny is that because the film was so expensive most of them have snippits galore. you know you can tour an entire city in 12 minutes? i never did. if you want a feel for these there are loads on youtube under the term 8mm home movie. oh and there is that dallas film as well.
good luck tokens - these are specific kind of token that came from a machine that personalized them. i got a couple at the st louis bus station in '91. these are the first and the ones holding the most powerful memories. i also have a couple that were sent by that same sister that were purcchased at the rocknroll mcdonalds in chicago. then a couple of more that i have found the hard way - overpriced with cash.
at thats what kill me. they are all other people memories. mostly of happy times. and when i finally snuff it and you fuckers have to sort through my stuff someone better take charge of checking names and documents to try to help seperate mine from theirs. and it will so suck to be you.
as an aside the boxes of my pictures will be just as hard to identify since most are unmarked. some of people i do not know. and since i am always the one with the camera (and hate hate hate haveing my picture taken) there are very very few pictures of me. i know i was there i took the picture thats good enough for me.
OPP - i have a box marked OPP which is translated into other peoples pictures. this kills me because its not something i think i should ever find. there will be periods where i will not come across any and then i came across them by the bushel. several times i have come across them in complete form where negatives and prints are there. sometimes i have found undeveloped rolls that i have had to get developed. but generally its hust piles of pictures. the one thing i find odd and kind of funny is that no one seems to label there pictures. at a recent estate sale there were thousands of prints priced at $0.10 each and i instead walked out with 30ish slides. because slides trump prints in my world. and hey i was rewarded by a couple of snapshots of stonehenge.
for the record this does not include pictures i have received from friends family and the like. also i have come across pictures of people i recognize but do not know but plenty of places i have been or seen.
8mm films - this is the fun one because a lot of people think there is no market for them so they toss them but to make up for it those who sell them sell them high. and they still get there money. i have a few that are commercial products but what i crave are the home movies. these show life and style as it really was. commercial movies always show either the best or worst of things. these capture all those people that fall somewhere in between from angles you never see at the picture show. the thing i find funny is that because the film was so expensive most of them have snippits galore. you know you can tour an entire city in 12 minutes? i never did. if you want a feel for these there are loads on youtube under the term 8mm home movie. oh and there is that dallas film as well.
good luck tokens - these are specific kind of token that came from a machine that personalized them. i got a couple at the st louis bus station in '91. these are the first and the ones holding the most powerful memories. i also have a couple that were sent by that same sister that were purcchased at the rocknroll mcdonalds in chicago. then a couple of more that i have found the hard way - overpriced with cash.
at thats what kill me. they are all other people memories. mostly of happy times. and when i finally snuff it and you fuckers have to sort through my stuff someone better take charge of checking names and documents to try to help seperate mine from theirs. and it will so suck to be you.
as an aside the boxes of my pictures will be just as hard to identify since most are unmarked. some of people i do not know. and since i am always the one with the camera (and hate hate hate haveing my picture taken) there are very very few pictures of me. i know i was there i took the picture thats good enough for me.
