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Early in 2009, I decided to capture an image every calendar day for an entire year. 365 days later, I have more gray hair, have aged a decade and alienated loved ones, but I did it and, most importantly, I didn’t miss a single day. Comments and criticisms are welcomed, both on composition and technique, and on content. Thanks for looking.
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Task Light (Day 156)
Rainy day and low motivation. As a result, you get the plastic grill of my florescent office task light after a little bit (well, a lot) of cooling Kelvin adjustment in post.
(2009-06-09 12:53pm)
![Catch 22 (Day 154)<br />
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We will call today’s shot a feeble foray into photo journalism.<br />
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Don’t know if anyone is familiar with the Free State Project (FSP). To quote Wikipedia, it “is an Internet-based political movement, founded in 2001, to get at least 20,000 libertarian-leaning people to move to New Hampshire in order to make the state a stronghold for libertarian ideals” [many of which, most sensible people, myself included, believe in … less government, lower taxes, etc]. <br />
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However, every movement has its more extremist members [my words] and the Free State Project is no exception; to include a group who live in Keene and the environs. For more information, you can visit <a href="http://freekeene.com">http://freekeene.com</a>.<br />
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So, anywho, as I was driving to Starbuck’s to get coffee this morning I passed a statue on our town square adorned with this sign and upside down flag. For those keeping score, Sam Dodson, our local “political prisoner”, was arrested for filming in the lobby of the local court house. While not illegal (but posted), the local police asked him to turn his camera off because he was potentially invading the privacy of people coming into the courthouse (e.g. battered women and children) … seems reasonable to me. He refused and was arrested. Now, two months later, he still is residing at a local jail because he refuses to provide his name (citing his Fifth Amendment rights). The Intranets state that he was on a hunger strike at one point.<br />
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So, why the title, Catch 22?<br />
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While acts of civil disobedience are sometimes necessary to evoke positive change, they can often have unintended negative consequences. While the FSP wants lower taxes, Mr. Dodson’s incarceration in our local jail will actually cost me and other property owners, who are paying for his stay, in the form of higher taxes. And, while not vandalism (and I thank them for that), acts like the above can actually make citizens embrace more government to help protect them from threatening societal elements like the FSP. <br />
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I guess any movement has to balance their desire to get their message out with the risk of alienating themselves. <br />
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… Just my opinion.<br />
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PS - I had another run-in with the police while I was taking this shot but that is a story for another day.<br />
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(2009-06-07 9:08am)](https://photos.smugmug.com/Galleries/Project365/Project-365/i-cqqrTsR/108/daeb1a22/Ti/Shot-A-Day-20090607-4032-Ti.jpg)
GeoGlass
on June 16, 2009Very creative, I actually have the same grid on MY task light. I never turn it on because the less i see of my tasks, the better.
Christine
on June 11, 2009Wow- that's really cool. :)
sparky675
on June 11, 2009neat ..like the temp..
k dunlap
on June 10, 2009Very cool shot!
Brick from Anchorman
on June 10, 2009"I love lamp..."
irishmurr
on June 10, 2009Very cool shot! Love the light and repeating shapes -- and that color!
Lavanya
on June 10, 2009Thanks for telling what this is. I was kind of lost for few seconds watching the details in the shot ! Very well captured.
gpssue
on June 10, 2009Well now, this sure is different. I like the effect.
James Hill
on June 10, 2009All three additions since I was last here are worthy of discussion, but I'm tired and feeling lazy so I'll just say cool perspective and color and move on.
dakotacowboy
on June 10, 2009very creative - thanks for telling about the subject