A Vacation in Hamburg 12

 

Well, I haven't been posting anything for a while, and my only excuse is sheer laziness.  I just haven't felt like it.  So, now that I'm back, I thought it was time to put up the final five photographs from the Hamburg Vacation Collection.  (Go to labels and click on that to see the lot.  There's no rhyme or reason to the order, so start anywhere.)  To recap, if I were to give an honest name to this blog, it would be The Newly Purchased Photography.  Almost all of the photos I put up have been bought in antique stores, thrift stores, or online.  Once in a while, however, I actually do find old photos, and this collection is an example of that.  I was walking along the street, and there it was.  Color snapshots taken in Hamburg, Germany blowing around, and envelopes of old negatives.  I thought about digging out the light box and matching up the prints to the negs, but I was worried that, on my limited income, I'd end up spending money on having prints made from any negatives that I couldn't match to a photo, so I didn't.      

A Vacation In Hamburg 11

 

The penultimate post in this series.  I'm not going to write a lot about this selection of true found photographs.  All I'm going to do is recommend that those who are curious, to click on Hamburg Vacation Collection in labels, to see the first 10 posts, and to read about how I actually found these photos on the street.  I don't know when I'll get around to the final chapter of this series, so be patient. 

A Vacation in Hamburg 10

 

I sometimes wonder about my fascination with other people's photographs.  I kind of get the really old stuff, but these street snaps from Hamburg, Germany are from 1989.  Hardly antique scenes.  Anyway, more true found photography.  From a street in Los Angeles.  Click on Hamburg Vacation Collection in labels to see the rest of the photos from this lot and get some more info on them.  The photographer seems to be interested in the Beer Dorf, or Beer Village, in English.  Right next to a Chinese restaurant. 

A Vacation In Hamburg 9

 

Time for a little bit of color from some true found photography.  I'm not going to bother with typing out all sorts of info on part 9.  Click on Hamburg Vacation Collection in labels for the back story and to see more images from this lot.  

A Vacation In Hamburg 8

 

There's not much to say about this collection that hasn't already been said.  This collection is true found photography.  I found them all on the street.  Some are dated 1989, so I'm assuming that they are all from that year.  To see other photos, click on Hamburg Vacation Collection in labels.  There are many more to come, but I'm not sure when I'll get around to posting them. 

A Vacation In Hamburg 7

 

More German street scenes, and another of those weird German living room shots.  The living room photo has a date written on the back, "9 July 1989."  Click on Hamburg Vacation Collection in labels to see more. 

A Vacation in Hamburg 6

 

Once again, tourists in Hamburg, Germany.  These are true-found photographs.  I was walking down the street and there they were, blowing down the sidewalk.  Very few of these photos have anything written on the back, but a couple are dated 1989, so I'm assuming that they were all taken around the same time.  Some of the buildings in these photos are painted with a medieval feel, and this is just a guess, but Hamburg was heavily bombed during World War 2, so an attempt to give Hamburg a feel that it had before the war. Click on Hamburg Vacation Collection in labels to see the rest. 

A Vacation In Hamburg 5

 

I've got a lot of these, some of the few true-found photographs in my collection.  I was, walking down the street, and there they were, just lying in the middle of the sidewalk.  Click on Hamburg Vacation Collection in labels to see more.  

A Vacation in Hamburg 4

 

No, I haven't lost interest in this blog.  As I mentioned a few posts ago, money is tight right now, so I'm not buying a lot of old photos.  It's not that the actual photographs are all that expensive, but I buy a lot of my images at antique stores I pass on my way out of L.A., and I just can't afford to travel right now.  So, rather than letting things go too long, I'm returning to this small collection of true-found photographs.  Literally, I found them on the street.  A couple of these are dated "July 1989" so I'm going to assume they are all from the same year, if not the same month.  We've got some stylish young Germans in the top photo, and a couple of snapshots with murals painted on the walls.  I've speculated about this in an earlier post.  Much of Hamburg was destroyed in World War 2, and I was wondering if Hamburg was trying to evoke its past.  And what's with the out-of-focus photo of a photo hanging on the wall?  A relative, perhaps.  Click on Hamburg Vacation Collection in labels to see more. 

A Vacation in Hamburg 3

 

A brief return to a collection of true found photographs, literally found on the street.  Anyway, it looks like the interior of a Hamburg restaurant.  None of these photos have anything written on them, but a photo from an earlier post was dated 1989, so I'm sure these are from that year as well.  Click on Hamburg Vacation Collection in labels to see everything that's been posted.  Lots more to come, but there will be a bit of a wait.