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They Say The Incandescent Lights Are Bright…

I am in the March issue of Philadelphia Magazine or actually my work is. Somebody over at the magazine was trawling the internet looking for places and things in the City of Brotherly Love that just...

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Frank Rizzo on Broad Street

It’s 1982, and I’m walking North on Broad Street not far from the Philadelphia College of Art which I was attending at the time when suddenly former Mayor Frank Rizzo appears larger than life. I’m not...

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The Photo Elective – Gloucester City, NJ

Back when I was majoring in illustration at the art school formerly known as The Philadelphia College of Art, we were required to take a photography elective. We shot black and white film; developed...

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The Photo Elective – The Mardi Gras Club

This post falls into a category that I call The Photo Elective. Back when I attended the Philadelphia College of Art, I majored in illustration and all illustration majors were required to take a...

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The Photo Elective – Murphy’s Tavern

Last week we did pretty well with a visit to The Mardi Gras Club and were actually graced by the presence the Miss Vicki. Over on the Facebook pages for Westville and Gloucester City there was a lot of...

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Gaiety Sandwich Shop

Another one of my art school photos from Philadelphia in 1982 although I didn’t really intend this shot to be art. We would get these assignments to shoot some subject matter or other, and rather than...

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Something About the Eye of the Beholder

Here’s another shot of Philadelphia circa 1982. The banner stretching across the street on the right of the picture is for Electricity which was a free weekly newspaper at the time.

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The Photo Elective – South Philly Circa 1981

As I wrote recently, I lived in New Jersey but commuted to the big city across the Delaware River to attend the Philadelphia College of Art. When I needed to shoot photographs for a photo elective...

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The Photo Elective – Cundey’s Motel

When I was in art school in the early ’80s, I was required to take a photography elective course where we had to shoot photographs; develop the film; make prints from the negatives and hopefully wind...

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The Photo Elective – Steve & Eydie

Here’s another Photo Elective shot by Tina Garceau taken in 1981. Her camera was aimed toward the South on Broad Street just a couple of doors from Anderson Hall which is now The Atlantic Building. She...

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The Photo Elective – The Broadway Deli

Back in the 1980s, I went to art school, and I along with all of the other illustration majors were required to take a course in photography. In order to finish off a roll of film so I could process …...

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The Photo Elective – King Richard’s Tavern

Back in the 1980s, I went to art school, and I along with all of the other illustration majors were required to take a course in photography. We had to shoot the photos as well as process the negatives...

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Box 2217

Here’s another one of Tina’s photo elective shots of Center City Philadelphia circa 1981. As I’ve written before, illustration majors at the Philadelphia College of Art were required to take a...

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School is Out

Back in the 1980s, I went to art school, and I along with all of the other illustration majors were required to take a course in photography. We had to shoot the photos as well as process the negatives...

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It used to be Smiles…

…but in 1982 it was VIP Food Service. Back in the 1980s, I went to art school, and I along with all of the other illustration majors were required to take a course in photography. We had to shoot the …...

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Broad & Chestnut • The Photo Elective

Here’s another Photo Elective shot by Tina Garceau. As I’ve said before, all sophomore students majoring in illustration at The Philadelphia College of Art were required to take a minor course in...

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The Chestnut House

Back in the 1980s, I went to art school, and I along with all of the other illustration majors were required to take a minor course in photography. We had to shoot the photos as well as process the...

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My Ride to Art School

Back in the 1980s, I went to art school, and I along with all of the other illustration majors were required to take a minor course in photography. We had to shoot the photos as well as process the...

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An Afternoon in 1981

Here’s another Photo Elective shot by Tina Garceau. As I’ve said before, all sophomore students majoring in illustration at The Philadelphia College of Art were required to take a minor course in...

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Overpass Party

Back in the 1980s, I went to art school, and I along with all of the other illustration majors were required to take a minor course in photography. We had to shoot the photos as well as process the...

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