Journey of a Few Found Objects

It starts with my own journey, not my usual photo walk, but a hunt for discarded objects that I’ll claim as  found objects .  Objects found by chance and ‘considered from an aesthetic viewpoint’.  I swap my camera for a carrier bag and proceed to scan the ground with an unexpected self consciousness.  I walk from Buchanan Street bus station to University Way, which is more or less a straight line, heading west through the city for about thirty minutes.  It’s a clear start and end point, helpful for my concentration and limiting any extra decision making – because to blink would be to miss the low lying treasure.  Read more…