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Oddities

A set of unusual photographs that don't really have a common theme but do have unusual textures, shapes, colors, or subjects. Enjoy!
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A utility shutoff valve, likely for water, on the wall of a building. The juxtaposition of the graffiti sketch of a utility worker that was spray-painted on the wall running away from the valve gives this a little humor.
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A utility shutoff valve, likely for water, on the wall of a building. The juxtaposition of the graffiti sketch of a utility worker that was spray-painted on the wall running away from the valve gives this a little humor.

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  • A water glass full of straws is on a bright green table.
  • A shade covering a ceiling light in the hallway of a hotel. (Isolated to a white background.)
  • Gold-tinted windows on the facade of a hotel reflect a housing development and the red rocks of a mountain range in the background with a series of Dali-esque distortions.
  • Gold-tinted windows on the facade of a hotel reflect the peaks of a nearby mountain range looming over a housing development with a series of Dali-esque reflections.
  • A toy great white shark, lying abandoned on a beach of pebbles. A portion of the tail has been chewed out by some critter.
  • A bottle of champagne with a bright pink foil label"chilling" in an ice bucket filled with corks pulled from a variety of bottles. This is a festive image for parties, celebrations, and other happy occasions. This image is isolated to a white background.
  • Detail view of a champagne bottle with a pink foil label in an ice bucket filled with corks pulled from many bottles. This is a festive image for parties, celebrations, and other happy occasions. Isolated to a white background.
  • An old emerald green truck abandoned on a country road is shining from a spot of sunlight peeking throug the trees in the winter. This truck has been here so long that trees are growing up through the truck bed in back and lichen is growing on the front hood.
  • A colorful Hawaiian lei, laid down on thick grass is shaped like the letter O.
  • Dried white paint peeling off a wood board. This paint, damaged by hot desert sun, has peeled off in strips along the wood grain.
  • A drawing of a fantastical being with a crown and skulls that was observed on an old street car in Tucson behind a chain-link fence topped with barbed wire. The Old Pueblo Trolley agency had given official permission to street 'artists' and/or vandals to spray paint or tag the cars that were in the side lot as a creative way to forestall more destructive acts.
  • A utility shutoff valve, likely for water, on the wall of a building. The juxtaposition of the graffiti sketch of a utility worker that was spray-painted on the wall running away from the valve gives this a little humor.
  • A drawing of a spooky character that was observed on an old street car in Tucson. The Old Pueblo Trolley agency had given official permission to street 'artists' to spray paint or tag the cars that were in the side lot as a creative way to forestall more destructive acts.
  • A colored sand sculpture of the Jesus on a beach in Mexico. This form of sand castle is very creative.
  • A sand sculpture of the Last Supper on a beach in Mexico. This form of sand castle is very creative.
  • A sand sculpture of Jesus and Mary on a beach in Mexico. This form of sand castle is very creative.
  • A single bare footprint on a sandy beach is outlined by its shadow. This tropical beach scene illustrates the primitive nature that we return to when we walk barefoot on the sand.
  • A single shoe print, with a waffle pattern, on a sandy beach is outlined by its shadow. This tropical beach scene illustrates the way that we have become present in isolated situations.
  • An arrangement of thick ropes draped over the stern of a tugboat form a blue background.
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