I love this start to the first "currently loving..." of 2008 with Lisa Congdon's gorgeous collection of mini photos...
WHO...Lisa Congdon, San Francisco-based artist and co-owner/gallery director at Rare Device.
CURRENTLY LOVING...Tiny vintage one inch photos. I collect them at antique malls and flea markets. Someday I am going to do something amazing with all of them when I have over 500! I love how delicate they are, the expressions on the faces of the people in the photographs, the sepia tones of aged film. Mostly, I love the way they look hung together.
what a fabulous idea!
{happy new year!}
Posted by: alyson | January 04, 2008 at 12:23 PM
wow these are beautiful!
Posted by: andrea | January 04, 2008 at 12:52 PM
I love the way lisa displays all of her collections, gorgeous!
Posted by: kathleen | January 04, 2008 at 01:01 PM
Lisa is amazing, and her collections fascinate me.
Posted by: Maritza | January 04, 2008 at 01:08 PM
ooh, I love them too!
I offer some of them with my pieces, along with a shortstory written about the person on the photo, that we don't know...
Posted by: alice | January 04, 2008 at 02:21 PM
i love those!
you know.. i just don't know why i haven't been to rare device... shameful
Posted by: lady coveted | January 04, 2008 at 07:18 PM
Lisa Congdon is the absolute coolest. The company I work at just licensed a bunch of her images for magnets, and she is such a pleasure to work with--so creative and smart.
Posted by: Cakespy | January 04, 2008 at 11:05 PM
LOVE.
Posted by: joanna goddard | January 05, 2008 at 01:04 PM
I love it! Such a great display. And vintage photos are the best, like little stories waiting to be told.
Posted by: Katja | January 06, 2008 at 11:38 AM
Oh how interesting. So many nice photos. So many stories behind them. Lovely!
Posted by: Annika | January 08, 2008 at 06:24 AM
I love them! Old photos are the best. It's almost like things come out more interestingly when you only get one shot. Don't get me wrong, I love my digital camera but these are great!
Posted by: natalie tischler | January 08, 2008 at 11:45 PM
beautiful, beautiful
your whole site is so lovely as always
Posted by: designdna | January 09, 2008 at 08:26 AM
Wow, what a beautiful display!
Posted by: Elisabeth Dunker | January 09, 2008 at 10:57 AM
so many stories and memories hanging on this wall. i love how lisa displayed these.
Posted by: lush | January 09, 2008 at 02:19 PM
I have this collection of vintage postcards i love, but never knew what to do about... I'm definitly doing that on my entrance hall. Thanks! Lisa Congdon is an amazing artist :)
Posted by: Foley | February 18, 2008 at 11:32 AM