Nice collection, Josh. I too am a fan of covered cars and I’m slowly building up my own collection of images. There’s just something very intriguing about them, especially if they’re fully covered.
Give me a minute. I will make a post of them in the next few weeks. Thank you for your interest. I love the mystery. I was keen on cars when I was younger, because the had distinctive shapes and profiles and you could recognize different models, even if covered. I think it was a sort of game I played. There is a bit of mystery and a bit of validation, when you get it right. Maybe?
Maybe we need a car month for Substack photographers? I’m planning a post for next week. I tried to learn traditional car photography a few years ago… Going to car shows, making the cars look all fancy… I didn’t have much success… Then I began finding “cars with patina” in my neighborhood and did much better with that.
I love these. I never get tired of the undercover cars. I wrote a bit about why I think I like them so much. I'm not sure if it's why others do however.
Ha! Thanks, Josh—that’s flattering, though I definitely wouldn’t let my writing to stand in the way of you exploring more. I don't ever really know what I'm talking about.
Nice collection, Josh. I too am a fan of covered cars and I’m slowly building up my own collection of images. There’s just something very intriguing about them, especially if they’re fully covered.
Can’t wait to see yours. Some of these are fun because I think I know what are beneath one or two. e.g. https://open.substack.com/pub/randomcapture/p/visual-journal-friday-night-find?r=dk9e3&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay
Love these. I have a collection of these collected over several years. Excellent job!
Would love to see them. I’m still trying to figure out why they’re so interesting? … or at least, why some of them are so interesting.
Give me a minute. I will make a post of them in the next few weeks. Thank you for your interest. I love the mystery. I was keen on cars when I was younger, because the had distinctive shapes and profiles and you could recognize different models, even if covered. I think it was a sort of game I played. There is a bit of mystery and a bit of validation, when you get it right. Maybe?
Maybe we need a car month for Substack photographers? I’m planning a post for next week. I tried to learn traditional car photography a few years ago… Going to car shows, making the cars look all fancy… I didn’t have much success… Then I began finding “cars with patina” in my neighborhood and did much better with that.
Great idea!
Starting, Friday, March 6th? Gives everyone enough time to shoot or dig through archives?
I am on it!
I love these. I never get tired of the undercover cars. I wrote a bit about why I think I like them so much. I'm not sure if it's why others do however.
https://open.substack.com/pub/travishuggett/p/robert-frank-and-the-source-of-what?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=post%20viewer
What a great post. Thanks for sharing.
I started to think about writing more about these but wasn’t sure where to dive in.
I’m glad I didn’t because you’ve written it so much better than I ever could.
Ha! Thanks, Josh—that’s flattering, though I definitely wouldn’t let my writing to stand in the way of you exploring more. I don't ever really know what I'm talking about.
Josh,
I make lots of images of cars, but I've never really considered the ones hidden under covers.
I'm going to have to start adding them.
I'm blaming you for this Josh ….
We have similar taste :) I also “collect” covered cars!
Nice! I want to see!
Here you can have a look :) https://betweenpictures.substack.com/p/undercovers-5-years-of-collecting?r=7das5p