The photos have been filtered (by composition and success of exposure–not necessarily by content) and roughly 50 have been turned into pre-stamped Postcards of Ann Arbor. Given the choice between setting up a roadside postcard kiosk and something other, we’ve gone with the something other.

By balloon, by train, by semi-trailer and by river current these neatly-wrapped images and residents of Ann Arbor have been released into the wild–hopefully to be discovered and used by the residents of some other (potentially faraway) city, town or burb.

Finally, and again, sincere thanks to everyone who participated and/or checked out this blog. We merely set up some cameras. The photographic booty is yours.

Take care.

Site 1 – Fleetwood Diner

Plans are in the works for your street-level interpretation of these sites. To spread is to stimulate; we have chosen fifty of these photos and are in the process of converting them to A2 postcards.

U-Hauls, blue-blood water bottles, red balloons and freight trains will be involved.

Stand by. A few days at most.

A taste:

Essentially, the initial motivation for this has been to find alternative ways of interpreting the city at large. Our sites have been chosen to be deliberately diverse, including the picturesque, the dilapidated, the crowded, the sparse, the urban and the suburban. That said, it’s also very important that we have no intention of what the content of these photos will be, nor are we biased toward them beyond the fact that they may offer distinctly different views of Ann Arbor.

We don’t, however, claim that this is an original or revolutionary idea–we’re sure it has been done, and probably done better. The ways that, within our own usual routine and environment, an individual can discover often-overlooked details is infinitely more interesting than a pursuit of pure originality.

And contrary to the title of this post, this is not a German endeavor.

Looking forward.