Archive: Winter is coming

That weather is changing quickly around these parts. The trees are becoming spindly branches and the nights are getting chilly. Here is an old archived image to get you in the winter mood. It is amazing to see the things that people leave abandoned out there. MOOP, or matter out of place, is everywhere. And sometimes it is big. This is a scanned 5×7 gelatin silver print made in a traditional darkroom..

the things we are always leaving behind

_DSC4482.jpgThere is a thriving creative community out there in the world that refers to certain objects as MOOP. The word is an acronym for Matter Out Of Place or what many call litter or trash. Many people think about this term, moop, and start to apply it liberally. What is out of place? What really belongs in a certain spot? What trace have I left on the globe?