Tim Kiser is an American photographer who showcases his photography on the Flickr website (you can find a URL to his "photostream" below). He usually is taking photos in places like Columbus, OH and Des Moines, IA, but sometimes you'll find him in more exotic locales such as St. Paul, MN and Charleston, WV. Subjects include commercial parking lots, near-completed infrastructure projects, loading docks, bollards, unusual or irregular features within public rights-of-way, illustrative examples of the cooperation between the public and private sector. We find ourselves engrossed with areas of public life that are not typically drawn into the foreground of our daily lives, but are given a heart of their own via Mr. Kiser's old-fashioned attention to detail and fine civic morality. Each photo is accompanied by a sentence or two of astute, often quizzical commentary that demonstrates these values. His grammar is sound for the most part. As far as I can tell, little to no thought is given to appropriate photographic technique, although you will rarely encounter overexposed or dimly-lit scenes since Mr. Kiser seems to be using a competent digital camera setup with several auto-correction features. In my opinion the majority of the photographs do appeal to the eye.
Here is a link to a photo Mr. Kiser has taken of a birdfeeder which unfortunately has fallen into disrepair (it is as good a place as any to begin).
http://www.flickr.com/photos/timboduke/2715457269/in/photostream/
― iiiijjjj, Saturday, 2 August 2008 22:57 (sixteen years ago)
I've been to a lot of the places he's photographed, and he gets the sadness of those places exactly right. In rural WV you always get the feeling nature is about to overwhelm whatever crumbling infrastructure the state has throw up. Hillbilly Hauntology.
Love em.
― leavethecapital, Saturday, 2 August 2008 23:30 (sixteen years ago)
he fukkin rulez
― iiiijjjj, Saturday, 2 August 2008 23:44 (sixteen years ago)
pictures are aight but the verbiage is stupid
― goole, Sunday, 3 August 2008 07:12 (sixteen years ago)
Again & again in recent years, the owners of the various professional sportsteams of Minneapolis have declared that they shall move their teams elsewhere if taxes on the poor aren't immediately raised higher, so that new stadia etc can get built.
They always get what they want eventually & there's nothing more to say about that.
Anyhow, during the repeated flare-ups of these scares, the writers at the Minneapolis newspaper (the Star Tribune) did everything they could do to insinuate the phrase "A Cold Omaha" into local consciousnesses, by working it into as many news articles & editorials & headlines as possible.
They say: Our Minnesota Twins are a signal to the nation that Minneapolis is a world-class city, & without the Twins our precious city will be regarded by many folks as little more than a cold Omaha. We're sure nobody wants Minneapolis to become a cold Omaha. Etc etc.
But I don't pay any attention to sports, so to my eyes Minneapolis already looks like Omaha. And I don't see where calling Minneapolis "a cold Omaha" is an insult to Minneapolis.
But I suppose I can understand what certain people were worried about -- the ones who don't have good feelings about Omaha. By their fears they're easy targets. They think Omaha's the worst place on earth.
It's damn close. If I told you I snapped this pic in Omaha you'd probably believe it.
I keep telling everybody over & over: There are a lot of very rich people in Minneapolis, & all of the other people in Minneapolis are very stupid people. But I'm a Minneapolis resident & I'm not rich so what the hell do I know. I'd probably be smarter if I lived in Omaha.
I love this, thank you iiiiiiiiijjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj
― DJ Mencap, Sunday, 3 August 2008 13:32 (sixteen years ago)
ok I have now read a whole lot of these "and captions for the photos" and I started out thinking they were almost insulting to the photos, and then I had a bit of time where I was in agreement with iiiijjjj that they're great and I was thinking, "Man, these captions *transcend* stupid!" but sadly now I'm back to thinking that they're just stupid.
He's got a great eye, though, no doubt.
― kenan, Sunday, 3 August 2008 14:11 (sixteen years ago)
The rural shot of the birdfeeder and the Mall Of America shot resonated some for me, pulled straight from my youth.
― RabiesAngentleman, Sunday, 3 August 2008 14:48 (sixteen years ago)
I thought about jumping in & rolling around but I could smell that there was a dead animal in the area so I decided not too. Unrelatedly I see a orange-coloured pole.
― Pillbox, Sunday, 3 August 2008 15:53 (sixteen years ago)
Does a good job of hiding the garbage, I can't hardly see any garbage.
Liked that one.
Remember a puppy? This guy sort of reminds me of a puppy.
― RabiesAngentleman, Sunday, 3 August 2008 16:00 (sixteen years ago)