May 12: Abandoned by David Mingay

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12-MAY-2007	David Mingay

May 12: Abandoned

Yesterday's Polaroid artefact, abandoned on the bare concrete floor of our half built living room. I'm fascinated by lost photographs. Todd's 'new' twin lens reflex contained a half exposed roll of film. Cheryl recently pointed me at an online gallery of 'found' Polaroids. What would happen to this if I left this on the floor to be carpeted over?

Canon EOS 20D
30s f/19.0 at 30.0mm iso100 hide exif

Full EXIF Info
Date/Time	12-May-2007 19:01:18
Make	Canon
Model	Canon EOS 20D
Flash Used	No
Focal Length	30 mm
Exposure Time	30.00 sec
Aperture	f/19
ISO Equivalent	100
Exposure Bias	1.00
White Balance
Metering Mode	matrix (5)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Program	aperture priority (3)
Focus Distance

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Michael Todd Thorpe		12-May-2007 22:50
An intriguing idea... sort of like a workman leaving something in the wall during construction... It could be a bit like a time capsule. But what would people think when they found your artifact later? Would it even survive without some sort of envelope or protection? Should you put some sort of identifier with the polaroid? Worse yet, would anyone actually find it or would they just bulldoze the whole thing? Perhaps it's different over there, but over here I think people are to quick to replace the old with the new... sadly, something like this might be overlooked...

cliffwright		12-May-2007 22:42
Very nice... I feel ashamed having failed to keep up with my PAD whilst I've been doing all the renovations on our house ... (but I'm doing all the work myself, plus I've been without home internet access for nigh on 13 weeks!!!) Your Lounge will soon be complete no doubt and Rosie can get used to a new brand of 'normal' layout eh? .. C

Ray :)		12-May-2007 20:57
I think future archeologists will be totally confused when they dig up the vast array of cameras and media!

Robin Reid		12-May-2007 18:27
Just think... centuries from now some archeologist digging at your site would find the image and think you were a buried King who had been flattened.

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