Objects found and photographed undisturbed.
Taxi!
“Your photography is a record of your living, for anyone who really sees.”
~Paul Strand
Shoe Tree
Two Old Friends
Some Bunny Loves You
Pssst…Science Exists…Pass It On.
“Nothing happens when you sit at home. I always make it a point to carry a camera with me at all times…I just shoot at what interests me at that moment.”
~ Elliott Erwitt
Pole Dancing
Lost Homework
Just Add Colgate
“One moment the world is as it is. The next, it is something entirely different. Something it has never been before.”
~ Anne Rice
Love Me Like A Rock
Summer Wear in SF
Faded Memories
Bloom Where You Are Planted
“If you smile when you are alone, then you really mean it.”
~ Andy Rooney
Resist!
Jane Lurie Photography 
Those objects were waiting for you to blossom their meanings, thank you, Jane. n_n I loved specially two old friends, it is quite tender how one supports the affection of the other. Funny that I like detective stories but I am clueless how some of those objects ended in those specific places. : )
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Hi Francis, I have such fun as I find these odd objects left around the city. I usually think of a caption immediately then wonder about their story of how they got there. Thank you for enjoying! 🙂
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fine work Jane Lurie, every picture tells a story…but please : take a better toothpaste than Colgate…:-)
Kind regards, Jürgen
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Haha, Jürgen! 🙂 Glad you like these small stories. They sure are fun to find. Thank you!
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How lost things make a great and spontaneous story … 🙂
Taxi!: “Drive me home, I lost my feets and need more clodes!”
Shoe Tree: “I was falling out the tree and lost my slipper while running away…”
Two Old Friends: “We had an awesome time together…”
Love the picture but… (This told me it’s a sad story 😦 ) Some Bunny Loves You: “But who loves me? My playmate left me behind … 😦 ”
Pssst…Science Exists…Pass It On.: “I’m ready to be examined…”
Love the picture! Pole Dancing: “My dance partner has passed away, so I chose this pole while waiting for my next dance partner”
Lost Homework: Message on the street: “We’re connected through a year ago”
Just Add Colgate: “Wherever you go, don’t forget your toothbrush and neither your toothpaste!”
Love Me Like A Rock: “For a strong lifetime!”
Summer Wear in SF: “Sometimes I get cold!”
Faded Memories: “Now I remember where my little bike is 🙂 ”
Sad but also love this one! Bloom Where You Are Planted: (A song/lyric of Louis Neefs; a Belgian singer who died long ago)
Ah Margrietje, the flowers will bloom
Even though you don’t see me anymore
Through your tears you will laugh again
Just like last time
And even if you think “that’s never coming
That never comes, never comes again ”
Ah Margrietje, the flowers will bloom
Even though you don’t see me anymore
Do you often dream too much
Can’t you sleep at night
Do you think too much at that time?
Who will understand you?
It will still be ours
You can’t do much more
Your life can already be empty
In five years, you can be old
I know what you mean
The sun does not have to shine
Childrens don’t need to laugh
But think about what you felt
Than i will be with you again
To talk to you
To be quiet as you speak
To make your eyes laugh again
About something which does not mean anything
Than one can find
As something happens more often
Everyone has this kind of memory
This cry will be all right
It won’t help you much
Maybe if i sing this song
Best regards, Heidi
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Oops! I forgot one… Resist!: “How can I resist you!?” 😉
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We must never forget, Resist! Thanks, Heidi. 🙂
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Hi Heidi, Your enthusiastic reaction to each photo made me smile. And that song is beautiful and melancholy. Thank you so much.
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It’s nice Jane if I can make you smile. 🙂
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Ohh, how great are these! Many of these finds would make my day too. Excellent!
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Hi Manja, Thanks so much. It’s fun to find these small stories…glad you enjoyed them!
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What a great, quirky collection! This makes you try to imagine the story behind each one. 🙂
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Thanks, Patti! I think about that when I am photographing them…why? who? Such fun. Glad you like them. 🙂
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Yes, definitely so.
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This is really interesting 🙂
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Thanks, Joshi. Never a dull moment in San Francisco.., 😉
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Hi Jane! I loved the theme for the photographs. There are many stories hidden in each capture. I particularly liked the capture of the shoes and lone slipper! 🙂
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Thank you, Cheryl! I am always thinking about the story behind the found object. SF is full of these treasures! Glad you enjoyed!
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Although I suppose most of these could have been taken in many different places, there is something very San Francisco here, in the sensibility I guess. A fun interlude!
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Hi Lynn, There is definitely a SF vibe happening here. 🙂 Glad you enjoyed a walk off the beaten path. Thank you!
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Great shots Jane! I love your captions and the quotes. I also shoots what interests and amuses me which is why its always nice to have my amazing cell phone handy – especially great for close-ups and candids – but very bad for zoom. Then more fun during editing!
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Thanks, Michael! Agree! These were all shot with my IPhone, which does the trick in this situation and yes, it’s unfortunately a very noisy result when you zoom. Pleased you enjoyed this fun one.
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Undressed, the doll should be able to hail a cab, lol. 😉 But, I’d like to know who lost the shoe (#2). It’s pretty tough to walk with one shoe.
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Hi David, Ha! Good one. There’s a lot of discussion about the mystery of lost shoes… I don’t see many people walking the city wearing only one shoe… hmmm. Glad you enjoyed my found art. Thank you so much!
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What a clever idea for the project, Jane. Thank you for sharing your wonderful observation. 🙂
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Thank you, Amy. My file continues to grow. It is a good exercise in “seeing”. Happy you like them! 😊
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Caption award goes to “Love me like a Rock” LOL. Some wonderful captures here Jane, slices of life indeed. Bunny and Science get my vote – sweet in the first and bizarre-ly wonderful in the second!
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Thanks, Tina. My funny bone was feeling tickled creating this one. Glad you LOL’d–never a dull moment in SF.
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What a great photo project, Jane.
I love all of these photographs, and it really makes you wonder…how does one lose a pair of shoes??? 🙂
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Thanks, Lisa. I have this and a variety questions as I come upon these treasures. 🙂 Happy you like what I found.
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Lovely work Jane!
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Hi Joe, I’m happy you enjoyed this one– a bit “off the beaten path” from my usual work. Thanks so much.
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While the photos came before the egg I mean words, this time round it is the comments I enjoy: Fun and clever. Must admit that toothbrush looks suspiciously like mine, better go check if it is still in bathroom and I see the summer wear is sponsored by Captain Morgan
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Hi Abrie, Yeah, the hat fit SF for many reasons and I’ll put your toothbrush in the mail to you. 🙂 Glad these made you smile, I had fun with the captions. Thanks!
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Wow, what meaning and deeply driven so lost sometimes for words. How amazing your pictures are how much you care.
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Thank you very much, Robin, for your kind reaction. Appreciate your visit.
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I love the quirky nature of these pictures!
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Thanks, Adrian. I am often amused by what I see on the city streets. So glad you agree!
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Beautiful images Jane!
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Thanks so much, Adrian!
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I think that you are on to something with this genre, Jane. I love the shoe tree & pole dancing photos.
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Hi Allan, My file is growing….glad you like the genre…found art is an interesting challenge. Pleased you enjoyed these– thank you.
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Shoes always make me wonder, particularly that one shoe that is in the middle of the highway. How did it get there?
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Hi Lisa, Ha! I wonder the exact same thing. There are lots of lost soles (pun intended) out there… Thanks for adding your thoughts. 🙂
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Interesting images. I wanted to unfold “lost homework”.
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Hi Jane, Me too! And then the next day I found it swept down the stairs sitting next to a broom. The end of the story. Happy you enjoyed these, thank you.
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Wonderful findings!
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Thank you, Awa. Walks in the city are quite surprising. Glad you enjoyed.
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These are amazing jane. You have a great eye.
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Hi Edith– Thanks! I have fun with found objects and their humorous, or perhaps profound stories. Glad you liked them — hope you are doing well.
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Brilliant comments along with your images.
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Thanks so much, Cornelia. Barbie just got me going! 🙂
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Love your captions. 🌸💙
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Thanks, Imelda…it’s fun when they just pop in my head. Glad you enjoyed them. 🙂
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Welcome, Jane. 🙂
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Fascinating!
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Thanks, Eliza. It is rather fascinating what you find on the street….as Jude said below, how does one manage to lose their shoe? Glad these caught your eye.
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Great random images, but the play on words in the captions give them that extra something!
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Hi Gunta, Please you enjoyed the randomness and humor of this one– it was fun to put together. I’m always looking for found art and objects. Thanks for your visit.
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What an inspiring post and photo set, Jane. You have eagle eyes to look and find the extra in the ordinary and I love your sense of humor. Your city moments of lost and found and your captions are great composed. And “Resists” is such an eye catcher at the end.
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Hi Stefan, So nice to read your thoughts, thank you very much. I’ve been collecting these for a while and have fun with the imagined backstory and captions in my head when I shoot them. Resist came so easily– wonder why? 🙂
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Great captions!
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Thanks, Sue! So many great little scenes right out are door, aren’t there?
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Loved each and every one of them Jane. Brought a smile to my Monday morning face. Great way to start the week 🙂
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I’m so glad, Andrew. We all need a little humor, don’t we? Thanks very much.
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Loved this, really funny.
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Thanks very much, Jill. Glad it made you smile. This was a fun post. 🙂
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Excellent! You really do need a camera with you (and eyes like yours I might add). Love the sense of humour in this post and one has to wonder how do you manage to lose shoes?
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Thanks, Jude. Glad you smiled! I think that often since it’s amazing how many lost shoes there are around the city. 😳
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I just adore this post…so many items leaving one with so much to think about…like..where r they from???😜 GREAT EYE!!
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Thanks very much, April. So true….wondering about the backstory in each one as I photograph them. Happy you like them. 🙂
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Love your photos and your captions!
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Thanks so much, LuAnn. Glad they brought a smile.
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This another amazing set of photographs. Not many people stop and look long enough to see.
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Thank you, Bruce. SF is full of little opportunities that look much bigger through the lens. They keep me looking and smiling.
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Gave me a good laugh to start the day! Thanks for the humor.
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Glad they brought a smile, Kath. Thanks so much! 🙂
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Love your sense of humor! You brought life to those “things”.
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Thanks, Sharon. Had some fun with these little slices of life. Glad you enjoyed them.
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I love these images Jane especially Taxi 😀
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Thanks, Joe. It really cracked me up finding Barbie standing there one morning. That’s the first thing I thought of. Happy you enjoyed this series. 🙂
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What a clever post! Loved it… love my tricycle!
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Thanks, Linda. Fun moments. I loved that little tricycle, too. Seemed lonely with no rider in sight.
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Such joy and merriment , everyone a little jewel, evidence of someone’s life and loss. Stunning series
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Hi Paula, The stories… always wondering when I find these scenes. Pleased you enjoyed the humor– we all need some. Thanks so much.
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A fabulous series of photos and captions. I agree with Elliott Erwitt – the first rule of photography “Don’t forget your camera!” 🙂
(The 2nd rule is make sure you have a battery in it and some storage!)
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Hi Mike, So true! Happy you enjoyed these small city moments and that Erwitt quote described it so aptly. Thanks a lot for stopping by.
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I liked – make that loved your tag lines for the photos – but glad I enjoyed the photos first before reading them – I was able to get my own first impression and compare with yours – for example the chairs photo – with the dirty door and set up – well I instantly saw a possible glamorous past and imagined those chairs when they were new – and then reading the old friends changed my take (in a good way)
Anyhow – fun post! Thx
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Hi Yvette, I’m so glad! It’s fun that you started with your own story– I have one running through my head when I spot a scene — the strange juxtaposition of things is always a spark for a funny caption or imagined backstory. Thanks so much and hope all is well.
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yes – things are well – and thanks again for a super fun post – the barbie is what pulled me in from the reader and at first I did not even realize it was you….
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Barbie really made my morning when I came upon her on my walk! 🙂
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What a fun post.
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Hi Amy, Thanks! I did have fun with this one. I always have an eye out for unusual sightings around the city….and there are many. 🙂
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Love the captions with the pictures. Great post.
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Hi Marie, Pleased you liked this one– thanks so much. 😃
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Great set of oddball pics Jane!
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Thanks, Michael. I love all the crazy, odd and funny things I see on the streets of SF. Glad you enjoyed.
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❤️❤️❤️ these!! So perfectly funny XO
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Thanks, MJ. This one is right up your alley– pleased they brought a smile. 🙂
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Made me laugh ….especially the science one!
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Thanks, Anon. A bit of pointed humor. I walked by those heads at the HS for weeks and suddenly, one day they were gone…made me sad.
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One needs eyes to see. You Jane, got eyes.
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Aw, Peter, thank you. That’s very kind. It helps to be standing in front of cool stuff, too. (to paraphrase Jim Richardson)
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Nice exposures
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Thanks very much, Marc. Great to hear from you.
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Always fascinating stories within 🤓 smiles hedy 😀
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Thank you, Hedy. I always have a running commentary in my head as I am photographing these small scenes. Happy you like them. 🙂
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Love these shots! Resist is the best! Assume you “stumble” across them in your walks about the city.
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Hi Jack, Yes, indeed. It’s a never-ending array of odd, touching and funny things that I see around SF. I’m glad you like them. Resist is a fave! Thanks!
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