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Twenty years ago in Russia

A collage of papers from our time in Russia, twenty years ago. Money, voting notice slips, and various propaganda from the street.

Uploaded on Feb 18, 2012

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Close-up of Octopus clock with Thai numbers

I made the numbers out of hanger wire, using pliers, then duct-taped them to the back of this...

Uploaded on Feb 11, 2012

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Moskva (Moscow), refrigerator tag from Soviet times

from our storage unit... cool stuff we bought a while ago... this one was from a bazaar in Kazakhstan or Tajikistan

Uploaded on Feb 11, 2012

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Old post-World War II souvenir plate from Germany

from our storage unit... cool stuff we bought a while ago

Uploaded on Feb 11, 2012

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Iraqi talisman, #1

I bought these Iraqi talisman pendants from a vendor near the PX on Camp Liberty in Baghdad, Iraq,...

Uploaded on Jan 29, 2012

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Iraqi talisman, #2

I bought these Iraqi talisman pendants from a vendor near the PX on Camp Liberty in Baghdad, Iraq,...

Uploaded on Jan 29, 2012

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Iraqi talisman, #3

I bought these Iraqi talisman pendants from a vendor near the PX on Camp Liberty in Baghdad, Iraq,...

Uploaded on Jan 29, 2012

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Pinhole camera (using plans from Make Magazine)

Uploaded on Jan 23, 2012

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Pinhole camera (using plans from Make Magazine)

I like the look of this, and it's only a few steps away from completion. I need to attach the...

Uploaded on Jan 23, 2012

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Indignified old age of a potato

Uploaded on Jan 23, 2012

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Watermelon radishes, close-up

These taste so good! If only Americans had discovered these instead of potato chips decades ago,...

Uploaded on Jan 12, 2012

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Watermelon radishes, homage to Eva Zeisel

Uploaded on Jan 12, 2012

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Adele and Sahi

That's one chubby cat!

Uploaded on Jan 12, 2012

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Adele and Sahi, #2

It's a chubby cat, who can sit up like this!

Uploaded on Jan 12, 2012

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Saying good bye to old t-shirts: my mom's UCLA shirt from the 1960s!

Wanted to capture these images from important t-shirts I've owned, before I give...

Uploaded on Jan 2, 2012

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Saying good bye to old t-shirts: Glasnost from the 1980s

Wanted to capture these images from important t-shirts I've owned, before I give them away...

Uploaded on Jan 2, 2012

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Saying good bye to old t-shirts: Russian language institute at Indiana University

Wanted to capture these images from important t-shirts I've owned, before I give them away...

Uploaded on Jan 2, 2012

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Saying good bye to old t-shirts: Russian language institute at Indiana University (obverse)

Wanted to capture these images from important t-shirts I've owned, before I give them away...

Uploaded on Jan 2, 2012

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robert birkenes' photostream

Twenty years ago in Russia

Close-up of Octopus clock with Thai numbers

Moskva (Moscow), refrigerator tag from Soviet times

Old post-World War II souvenir plate from Germany

Iraqi talisman, #1

Iraqi talisman, #2

Iraqi talisman, #3

Pinhole camera (using plans from Make Magazine)

Pinhole camera (using plans from Make Magazine)

Indignified old age of a potato

Watermelon radishes, close-up

Watermelon radishes, homage to Eva Zeisel

Adele and Sahi

Adele and Sahi, #2

Saying good bye to old t-shirts: my mom's UCLA shirt from the 1960s!

Saying good bye to old t-shirts: Glasnost from the 1980s

Saying good bye to old t-shirts: Russian language institute at Indiana University

Saying good bye to old t-shirts: Russian language institute at Indiana University (obverse)

Summer Vacation 2011

Grandpa's visit to DC

Meals in Asia

George and Anne's Wedding

San Diego

Indonesia 2010

Karmê Chöling

DC Blizzard 2009

Back on the Home Front

Home Leave 2008

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