analog kansas
Asian Video & Gifts
Posted by grant (kansas city, United States) on 25 March 2009 in Business & Industry and Portfolio.
Overland Park, Kansas
Fuji GS645
Tmax 100
Annie Viguié from Bordeaux, France
i love ! A lot of people on a small space! I also like very much the black banner at the top with this very graphic inscription. What is it?
25 Mar 2009 6:15am
@Annie Viguié: thanks annie. i don't have any idea about the banner though. i'd like to know too.
observing from North West, United Kingdom
Asia comes to Kansas... good observation Grant, I suppose it's a specialized market.
25 Mar 2009 6:28am
rhys from Belgium
grand shot, I only wish i could understand some of the wares. However that does add an extra air of mystery.
25 Mar 2009 6:41am
cat from Tel Aviv, Israel
It has such a dreamy and a far away feel. I love looking at these images of films I've never seen or heard of. It has rather an old and dusty feel too and reminds me of tiny old shops in Soho in London. In the UK "Asian" means "India and Pakistan" rather than China and Japan.
25 Mar 2009 8:14am
Stovepipe from Ames, Iowa, United States
So much here. Odd reaction maybe, but what this conveys to me is something like cultural dignity.
25 Mar 2009 10:23am
@Stovepipe: it fits for me. this is not a store trying to appeal to the masses.
david from Columbus, United States
fascinating to see this and locate it in kansas...
25 Mar 2009 10:28am
Marcie from United States
WOW! Love the collage..the texture..the composition. Yes - something unexpected for rural Kansas.
25 Mar 2009 11:37am
dogilicious from Millerstown, PA, United States
Great image. The mix of images within the image and the overall "Busyness" of the shot is really captivating. I could spend a lot of time looking through this shot but then again I do have a job! ;(
25 Mar 2009 12:27pm
sherri from Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Can't see anything through the windows....very different.
25 Mar 2009 2:28pm
don from Spokane, United States
I like the composition you created from the view available to you. This shot has much to see and requires some time to look it all over. Nice one.
25 Mar 2009 3:09pm
kerfendal from Paris, France
asia in Kansas, interesting how the world became so tiny
25 Mar 2009 3:23pm
EYES WIDE SHUT from The library of my soul, United Kingdom
Communities within communities, the way of the modern world. No reflections in the windows, and the central band of shadow adds to the interest in this fine shot.
25 Mar 2009 4:31pm
ordinaryimages from Kentucky Bluegrass, United States
Crisp Black&White. best...jerry
25 Mar 2009 4:59pm
daina from New York, United States
Even this feels familiar and it should not since I don’t go to Asian video and gift stores. But it does remind me of store fronts from the late 50ties and early sixties when I was growing up in Brooklyn. I would walk by stores that looked like this frequently. But then we did not have malls and the closest to Wal-Mart was the 5 and dime or Woolworths – they were very small compared to today’s versions. And those look like vinyl record covers. Almost nostalgic if it were not for the language – but then I spot the word flowers and it looks like it was made by a school child. Sorry for the long comment. Apart from my associations it is an interesting image where one fourth is almost empty and the rest crammed full of visual stuff that make me feel the same way I would when looking at found photos of people probably long gone.
25 Mar 2009 9:10pm
@daina: i always appreciate your comments daina. i had a similar feel to yours of looking at old, found photos (which i've just been doing tonight).
michele from Lethbridge, Canada
really striking - especially those letters at the top. i like how open they feel. i would image this scene to be almost garish in color - with b/w it feels graphic and appealing - almost like your image is a poster too.
26 Mar 2009 2:34am
@michele: i hadn't thought about the colors. they're actually quite faded - faded in a way that gives a uniformity to all the posters.
Stunner from Kingston, Jamaica
The b&w really makes give this shot character, great work!
26 Mar 2009 2:37am
yiannis krikis from thessaloniki, Greece
an image with a lot of informations - I like it
26 Mar 2009 4:47pm
dik from McAllen, United States
Looks a bit like a Raushenberg. Very nice wall of information.
26 Mar 2009 9:35pm
@dik: he did go to the kansas city art institute. perhaps this is his :-)
Howard F. from South Pasadena, Calif., United States
Wow, this feel a bit like L.A. Koreantown.
26 Mar 2009 9:59pm
Mindy from United States
So many cultural layers here. Love it. Makes me hungry for kim chee.
27 Mar 2009 3:39pm
