I was wandering the wilds of Wikipedia today and managed to stumble upon the Land of Lost Content. How I made it there from brutalism is a question best left unanswered. Reading about its collections of everyday objects got me to thinking about photography's relationship with the everyday.
Generally when I'm out shooting I'm looking for the unusual, unique, abnormal or absurd. Much of the time I'm actively trying to get away from the familiar and mundane everyday sorts of things.
My background is in history and political science and most of the photography of times past that I am familiar with comes from studying that. It wasn't until I took up photography that it occurred to me that the photos I'd thought fascinating for showing how it was back then would have had to seem rather mundane and pedestrian at the time they were taken. Really makes me want to know why those shots were taken.
Seems I may have underestimated the everyday. Given how much variation there is across the globe, what I think of as common and everyday is probably not so for most people. Hmm, that might make for a interesting photo series.
Hell, let's have some fun. I'm organizationally challenged so I won't call this a contest but I invite y'all to join me in posting photos of what is 'everyday' to you. I've accumulated a bit of ecency points, as long as those last I'll try and give anyone who uses #everydayphotos and tags me a bit of a boost.
So, what's 'everyday' to you?
Photos are from various parts of Louisville, depicting what passes for normal in this town.