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Interesting concept! Thanks for sharing!
Heh. Doesn’t feel hipster at all; more like an early Yoko Ono conceptual piece.
This is great. Thanks for sharing. I’d like to use this in an architecture lecture and would like to credit the artist. What does that say at the bottom of the image “Living ______” ?
“Living Exercises”
Interesting! What a great way to make friends.
Nice thought.
I love this too. I posted a picture of this on my twitter a few months ago. I post a lot of random pictures from Brooklyn and Manhattan like this from my blackberry as I walk the streets. Feel free to follow me @evatography.
I also have professional photography work that can be viewed here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/evatography/sets/
Ha ha ha! As if!!!
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Nice one… very interesting…