The world is a screen, your mind is a screen, a key lies in your feet

Posted on March 8, 2010 by joe

: Does the print match the monitor?

: Don’t even know which way is up.

: Time to get outside.

: Doesn’t matter where, really.

: You’ll find something.

: You’ll be protected.

: Somehow you’ll know what to do.

: Satan’s neighbor drives a cab, but he’s OK.

: Just get out.

: The world is a screen, your mind is a screen, a key lies in your feet

Sprocket Holga Proof Sheet

Posted on January 12, 2010 by joe

A whole roll of sprocket holes. 35mm film in a Holga 120 format toy camera. Tape. Rubber bands. The works.

Go walk somewhere good, put the camera to your eye, and press the button.
Click on the small proof sheet to get a bigger proof sheet.
Make a loupe out of a paper cup, put your eyeball up to the screen, and tell me what you see.

Sprocket Holga Proof Sheet — by Joe Reifer

Bus Trip to Pacifica: Squid Fishing with a Turkey, and Tilting with Hunger

Posted on November 22, 2009 by joe

Below is the abstract take on yesterday’s adventure in Pacifica, walking from Linda Mar, to Rockaway Beach, the new trails at Mori Point, and the Pacifica Pier. Look for a complete guide to this great walking route on an upcoming installment of Car Free Outdoors.

: The sun was in my face on the bus ride to Pacifica.

: Everything seemed hyperreal, like living in a Bechtle painting.

: We walked from Linda Mar to Rockaway, Mori Point, and the Pier.

: Using a

: turkey in a basket

: to catch squid.

: Up the hill, a Robert Frank homage.

: Then we walked through the neighborhood, past the orchid place, and up to Sweeney Ridge.

: On the bus ride back, I got hungry, and things went askew.

: This situation was remedied with enchiladas. The End.

A Walk Through Ingleside: Neighborhood Abstractions in Unfamiliar Territory

Posted on September 20, 2009 by joe

A few years ago my partner, Jen English, walked Every Street in Berkeley. Now she’s back with a new blog called Car-Free Outdoors, with detailed information about outdoor adventures in the San Francisco Bay Area that are accessible using public transportation. The adventure begins when you leave your house, not after you drive to the trailhead. Last weekend we took BART from Berkeley to Balboa Park and walked through the Ingleside neighborhood of San Francisco, around Lake Merced to Fort Funston, and then up through Pine Lake and Stern Grove to West Portal where we jumped on Muni back to BART. Jen will have an article with route directions up on Car-Free Outdoors on Friday — check out the RSS feed or follow @carfreeoutdoors on Twitter for updates. Until then, here’s a more abstract version of the journey:

: We walked to North Berkeley BART. The Falcon wagon was still there.

: Exit at the Balboa Park BART station, and proceed towards stone facing.

: Now you’re in the Ingleside neighborhood of San Francisco.

: Did I mention the stone facing? I have a thing about stone facing.

: Flowers planted in sidewalk cracks. Why not.

: Even though the Prius gets better mileage, I’m driving the hand to work today.

: If you just photograph the quirks, what does that say about the neighborhood?

: What does that say about you?

: Does an AMC Javelin mirror some secret part of my soul?

: If I lost the keys to the Javelin, would someone return them?

: Could I still make art?

: Is there such a thing as an unfog machine? Does it work at night?

: I have all kinds of questions, but I’m not expecting any answers.

: But why all the bad luck? My food got stolen.

: The dog died.

: I lost my favorite hat.

: And nobody cleaned the grill before the BBQ.

: What does that guy mean when he says don’t mess with Mister In-Between?

Honey, there’s a very large hand parked in the driveway

Posted on September 15, 2009 by joe

Hand — by Joe Reifer

I have no explanation. No Photoshop was used, just a Holga. Check out the Google Street View of the house with the large hand sculpture in the driveway, located in the Ingleside neighborhood of San Francisco, near Brooks Park. Perhaps a caption contest is in order?

Joe Reifer

Night photography, abandoned places, desert ruins, 360 panoramas, and artistic inspiration

Category Archives: Car Free Outdoors

The world is a screen, your mind is a screen, a key lies in your feet

Sprocket Holga Proof Sheet

Bus Trip to Pacifica: Squid Fishing with a Turkey, and Tilting with Hunger

A Walk Through Ingleside: Neighborhood Abstractions in Unfamiliar Territory

Honey, there’s a very large hand parked in the driveway