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Send photos to mail at markstroup.com. Preferrably .jpgs no larger than 640 X 480 pixels. (Hang on to a higher resolution version if you've got it). Also send along the name of the photographer, date and place where the photograph was taken, and a few words on why the photograph was taken.
The Project
You may know the landscape of Pittsburgh by its hills, rivers, roads, buildings, and trees, but the eye is strongly drawn to the text and symbols of the signs that comfort with familiarity, that irritate you with their distractions, that please you with their symmetry, or that illustrate the economic condition of a neighborhood. Signs are always trying to say something. Signs make our spaces a mongrelization of type-styles, graphics, and fashions: The futuristic becomes the modern becomes the dated becomes the retro. The passage of time provides the subtexts of rust, faded paint, and delamination. Signs are necessarily brash, democratic, and confessional. But I've said too much. Let the signs speak for themselves.
Read more about the Pittsburgh Signs Project in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Links
American Sign Museum
The American Highway Project
Roadside Peek
Preservation Pittsburgh Society for Commercial Archaeology
Teenie Harris Gallery
Mark's Sign Blog
NYC Liquor Stores
Johnie's Broiler
Taco Stands
Signs of Life
The American Highway Project
Roadside Peek
Preservation Pittsburgh Society for Commercial Archaeology
Teenie Harris Gallery
Mark's Sign Blog
NYC Liquor Stores
Johnie's Broiler
Taco Stands
Signs of Life
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Total # of photographers: 50
Total # of photographers: 50
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