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nate.jacobs, laze, Armando Santana, Philip Morris, and 533 other people added this photo to their favorites.
funkandjazz (96 months ago | reply)
Nifty shot. :)
unaesthetic (96 months ago | reply)
thanks, it's my favorite picture i've taken recently.. viewed fullscreen it can give a person seizures.
it's kind of an unintentional andreas gurskey ripoff though ;)
drew*in*chicago (92 months ago | reply)
lol
ahawks81 (72 months ago | reply)
FYI, your photo was posted on Digg without credit to you.
www.digg.com/design/Amazing_Photo_from_inside _a_Grocery_S...
I posted a comment linking to this page, as an attempt to direct credit your way.
unaesthetic (72 months ago | reply)
Whoa thanks for the heads up, and double thanks for trying to credit me!
ab8wn (72 months ago | reply)
Nice photo!
controltheweb (72 months ago | reply)
Great! I like it better than the similar, earlier version:
www.moma.org/exhibitions/2001/gursky/99cent_p op.html
Michael Neff (72 months ago | reply)
Gursky's show at MoMA beat you to it by 6 years, which isn't to say yours isn't a nice photo, but I guess it proves that nothing is original.
Crunchy Pickle [deleted] (72 months ago | reply)
I'll take one of everything.
warehos08 (72 months ago | reply)
@mikeneff
guess you didnt see the second comment left by the author...
" unaesthetic says:
thanks, it's my favorite picture i've taken recently.. viewed fullscreen it can give a person seizures.
it's kind of an unintentional andreas gurskey ripoff though ;)
"
unaesthetic (72 months ago | reply)
I was at Gursky's show at the MoMA and it was wonderful.
I myself even remarked on this photos likeness to Gursky's work in my comment above (2nd from the top, posted 24 months ago), but thanks anyway!
alexkane (72 months ago | reply)
cool
onesevenone (72 months ago | reply)
yepp! great shot!
gblakeman (72 months ago | reply)
great shot - what lens was it taken with?
unaesthetic (72 months ago | reply)
Thanks - the lens is whatever crappy stock lens is built into a Canon powershot 5 megapx.. haha
That's really the only bummer about this photo is the lens distortion. (Edit: I just digitally corrected the barrel distortion and replaced the photo)
Josh Pyles (72 months ago | reply)
unaesthetic… which supermarket is this at?
bicyclingfool (72 months ago | reply)
This pic wouldn't happen to be Fred Meyer in Redmond WA, would it? If the location is already mentioned somewhere, flame away....
ed chapel (72 months ago | reply)
Is that Fred Meyer in St. John's?
Adcuz (72 months ago | reply)
LOOKS interesting!!
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Seen on the Web. (?)
unaesthetic (72 months ago | reply)
Fred Meyer in Portland, OR.
jack satta (fnb) (72 months ago | reply)
Yeah, but which Freddy's?
:)
elkraneo [deleted] (72 months ago | reply)
my humble version
www.flickr.com/photos/elkraneo/407181664/in/s et-721576000...
Mustafa Maluka (72 months ago | reply)
brilliant shot!
ChathamShakespeare (72 months ago | reply)
My guess is was taken at a Safeway, or an Albertsons, but I don't know, its been so long since I lived in PDX, that all there is now where I live is piggly wiggly, publix, and kroger...at least Costco is nation, awesome picture by the way.
unaesthetic (72 months ago | reply)
North Portland..
James and Winnie (72 months ago | reply)
I love it.
Fat burger (72 months ago | reply)
Great shot!
unaesthetic (72 months ago | reply)
Hey thanks for all the great comments guys!
I was thinking if you like this flick you may also enjoy my set of photos from when I got to climb the San Francisco Bay Bridge - I personally think it's a much more Digg-able set of photos! I won't submit it myself, but if anyone wants to I won't be angry ;)
billybofh (72 months ago | reply)
Yikes - nice capture! :-)
fashion photographer london [deleted] (72 months ago | reply)
holy shit over 28k views... that's mental mental, chicken oriental...
John Kittelsrud (72 months ago | reply)
Frightful! Over 3200 Diggs. Cool photo, i wonder how many people will use it as a desktop.
elanicstuff (72 months ago | reply)
I just called Fred Meyer corporate office and left a "you gotta see this!" message.
They gotta pay you a truckload of money for the rights to use this pic in their stores. I let them know that was my opinion and hope they do so. :)
chicharro (72 months ago | reply)
I love this photo.
Course, I love supermarkets :)
tsukiyo.kisu (72 months ago | reply)
woah cool!
ThisParticularGreg (72 months ago | reply)
Awesome shot! Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Blocks & Squares (repeating patterns), and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Adrian MB (72 months ago | reply)
This gets a trophy!
Invited with SIC
alliance1911 (72 months ago | reply)
awesome composition.
unaesthetic (72 months ago | reply)
Just thought I'd mention that I corrected thebarrel distortion on this photo and replaced it around 6:30 PST tonight. Anyone who has saved this as a desktop image may want to grab a new copy of it.
Jangari (72 months ago | reply)
Gursky's 99 cent is in Sydney at the moment for a showing of UBS's corporate collection. Saw it this week. It's quite amazing - and somewhat distressing!
I wouldn't call it a rip-off though, call it 'paying homáge'.
unaesthetic (72 months ago | reply)
Thanks - I was just reading the comments over at digg and getting a little bummed out about people saying it was a ripoff. It's definitely part homáge; but mostly I was just photographing an interesting subject when I saw the opportunity. It just happens to be a relatively un-photographed subject I suppose - maybe people don't have much to compare it to.
For what it's worth Gursky's work is usually comprised of many large format exposures - my photograph happens to be a single exposure. I definitely recommend people going to see Gursky's work in person. An important part of appreciating his work is being able to see the overwhelmingly large prints!
Luckily for the haters I posted a comment over two years ago (second comment from the top, thank god for timestamps) joking about it being a Gursky ripoff.
Thanks again for all the comments guys.
n1zyy (72 months ago | reply)
I've never even considered bringing a camera into a supermarket... Goes to show the benefits of thinking outside the box: this is an incredible shot. Well done!
Tim Eyles (72 months ago | reply)
Nice shot.
dougfl07 (72 months ago | reply)
Regardless of any criticisms, it's a cool shot. Good job.
Drew in Arkansas (72 months ago | reply)
people just post dumb hate stuff more than positive good stuff to feel smrt so dont worry about it too much
Terin Barrios Photography (72 months ago | reply)
i need to know:
where did you shoot this from?
you must at least work there to not get some odd looks wherever you were.
oh, and, awesome picture!
unaesthetic (72 months ago | reply)
There's a mezzanine where you can get the view without climbing anything.
benitojuncal (72 months ago | reply)
Fantastica y espectacular. Felicidades.
rickreck (72 months ago | reply)
nice shot..colors remind me of one i shot in japan
www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=486915397& size=l
clickfire (72 months ago | reply)
I don't see the bagel chips!
boost ventilator (72 months ago | reply)
Definitely better than one I took a couple months ago...especially the angle: