Couch Art was a loaded term back in the day, and I am trying to load it up even more!
Number 48 is in the digits.
Street photography, street art and found art for a start. Then throw in the old derogatory term “couch art” for a genre of art that matched current couch colors? You get the drift. It’s probably way too complex for the average Mill, but I would be glad to explain – if EVER asked.
I am two couches away from the first fifty now, and need your help finding the final two – street-side in Denton, Texas. Feel free to contact me through Instagram messaging @shannondrawephotography for fastest response.
Friday night was under the lights once again. This time all the way to the outskirts of San Angelo, Texas, to photograph the Aubrey football game in the colder and damper than last week stadium in Clyde, Texas. Thank goodness Clyde had LED lighting in their stadium, and I still get good results even though the push is to 3200. I’ve been pushing a long time …
My rules for sports are simple, and violated here in the interest of peak action. The rule: Hands. Ball Face. Two-out-of-three worked this time.
Two more couches made the grade this past weekend, and it was like a community thing — just two blocks apart. Denton seems to have “couch hatches” where they just come up from nowhere, and then they’re gone. I am two couches away from my “First 50 Couches” project being complete, with as much as whimper as a bang.
I will be adding to my Denton Stock Photography this week as well. The images are from the Denton Farmer’s Market and the most recent UNT Homecoming Parade. Funny about that parade; it looked like the last homecoming parade – almost exactly – and that must have been more than a decade ago. Strange how some things never appear to change, isn’t it? The same can be said for photography, but much more concisely: IT’S ALL BEEN DONE BEFORE. That may be hard for today’s youngsters to believe, but it’s true.
I can imagine someone has even taken it on themselves to spend two years of their valuable lives chasing down couches on streets somewhere other than here in Denton. I can imagine it, but I have never seen it, but because I have never seen it doesn’t mean it hasn’t been done. Take that to heart.
