June 13, 2008


Many Pictures, Same Thing

Via mefi:

many same is an archive of universal sameness –
as observed through the internet.

in isolation from their original context images acquire new meaning. similarity is amplified while any inherent significance or value is diminished. ultimately the viewer is prompted to re-interpret the message, placing new cultural, aesthetic and emotional qualities upon it.

as a publication tool the Internet has facilitated an unprecedented accumulation of privately owned images, which are for the most part freely accessible. this constitutes a vast repository of the ‘everyday’ that provides a unique perspective of minute social and cultural phenomena.

All the images are sourced from online social photography sites.

posted by Andrew Simone in archeology, photography 

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One Response to “Many Pictures, Same Thing”

  1. Kathy Hilen-Smith on June 13th, 2008 at 3:30 pm

    cool site

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