The interesting posting by Frank 'one R' Theriault on "people and their bikes" has reminded me of something I saw late last year.
I saw someone photographing a house that was having work done to it, with builders filling a skip with the properties old bathroom and assumed he was an agent, taking a picture for the property adverts. As I got closer, it was clear he was taking a picture or two of the skip itself! He was using a beaten up MX and as I had mine with me at the time I started a conversation with him, as I was curious why he was taking pictures of the skip. Anyway, cutting a long story short, that is all he takes photos of (and has done for over 25 years) as part of a social documentary on how affluent society is and how it has changed and how much 'we' waste. For the last 5 or so years, new fitted kitchens and expensive toys which have lasted a year get thrown on a skip and are taken away by the skip company; in the early 70s it was almost impossible to fill one, as someone would have a use for an old door or would take an old bike away to restore etc. I thought that was quite an interesting subject. Malcolm
