Tag:signs
I thought this was just a faded advertisement for the Star Biscuit Co. when I photographed it. I thought it was a faded sign of the times, an indication of the decline of small towns in rural America. But I was fooled. The sign was a prop, a backdrop for a scene in the 1998 movie, Hope Floats. Star Biscuit Co., Leading Brand Of The World, a brand I’d never heard of anywhere in the world which had me reaching […]
There’s a couple of things I find amusing about the ‘No Drawing’ sign at the Stele Pavilion at the Ming Dynasty Tombs outside Beijing.
There are keep out signs and keep out signs. This is one of the most unambiguous I’ve ever seen. What I like about it is the multicultural aspect. The center graphic speaks for itself, emphasized by the command in four languages, one in each corner. I don’t actually remember where this was but I think it was somewhere in the vicinity of Fort Cornwallis protecting the north-east corner of Penang Island and Goergetown behind it.
