Feedback Friday

A very TAoN project idea, plus a few Savor highlights, and recent mail

By Shanna Trenholm, from the DOORS thread. (Read Shanna’s lovely newsletter!)

Howdy, everyone. Thanks for the feedback on Savor of the Month. (Continue to chime in here.) I’m going to limit participation to Supporters for now, but will continue to monitor and perhaps experiment. If you haven’t already, do check out the July installment, devoted to theme of DOORS. Enjoy others’ contributions, make your own, leave reactions, etc., here!

This isn’t actually in the thread, but I really love this comment related to the DOORS theme, from John E Simpson:

Doors — I love doors! One photo project I occasionally go back to: shooting the *backs* of building ... like strip malls, downtown shopping districts, and so on. Of course the front doors (display windows etc.) get all the architectural and design attention, but the back doors and walls, unadorned because why bother? *They* get attention from anyone who cares less about the fronts. Disgruntled or clever employees, graffiti artists, and so on — all that empty space is just asking for idiosyncratic “completion”!

What a brilliant project idea! And it’s so in line with paying attention to the overlooked, ignoring what wants to be noticed in favor of what’s hiding in not-quite-plain sight! I wish I’d thought of it :) But I’m happy John did.

A good reminder to say that I am always happy to hear about your projects!

Below are a couple more images from the thread, very hard to choose. Go see for yourself.