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I Fought the Law!

Olivia Locher

Perhaps every country has at least a couple of them. Weird, strange or just plain stupid laws. Photographer Olivia Locher looked at the USA and found more than a couple of strange laws. The series’ called I Fought the Law. Above: In Alabama it is illegal to have an ice cream cone in your back pocket at all times. At all times? Perhaps a book can be written on how these laws came about. But before that just scroll down and enjoy the weirdness of the land of the free.

The complete series can be found on Olivia’s website: oliviaocher.com.
Do you know any of your countries weird, strange or just plain stupid laws? Leave them in the comments.

 

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In Utah no one may walk down the street carrying a paper bag containing a violin. 

 

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In Wisconsin it is illegal to serve apple pie in public restaurants without cheese. 

 

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In Maine it’s unlawful to tickle women under the chin with a feather duster. 

 

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In Kansas it’s illegal to serve wine in teacups. 

 

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In Tennessee hollow logs may not be sold.

 

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In California nobody is allowed to ride a bicycle in a  swimming pool. 

 

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In Arizona you not have more than two dildos in a house. 

 

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In Rhode Island it is illegal to wear transparent clothing.

 

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In Delaware it’s illegal to wear pants that are “form-fitting” around the waist. 

 

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In Texas it is illegal for children to have unusual haircuts.

 

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In Oregon one may not test their physical endurance while driving a car on a highway. 

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In Hawaii coins are not allowed to be placed in ones ears. 

 

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In Ohio it’s illegal to disrobe in front of a mans portrait. 

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Virtual Art

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And I’m back! Been away from the keyboard for a while. But I’m back with more photography from artists around the globe.

As a fun experiment I started a tumblr page for a photography project. Just started it. On this page I will try to explore the photographic beauty of a very popular virtual world. Namely the Grand Theft Auto 5 universe. In this fast and fun game one can take pictures of this beautifully crafted world. Let’s try to connect the real world with this virtual world by bringing some of my photographs to your screen. Still kinda virtual but still…

Got to the Tumblr page by clicking the following link: GTA 5 Photography

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The Little Prince by Matej Peljhan

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In this series, called The Little Prince, Slovenian photographer Matej Peljhan lets a 12-year-old boy with muscular dystrophy play again. He lets him do things he wouldn’t be able to do in real life because of his muscle disorder. The boy, Luke, is walking, skating, sporting and even breakdancing. The photographer has made this kid a kid again through this wonderful series.

I’ve seen and even used this style of creating a scene by laying the person, or in my case a baby, down on the floor. It opens up all kinds of possibilities. On PforPHOTO we have seen this technique before in the series Honkey Kong.

Matej Peljhan’s website: mate.1x.com

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Famous Movies through Fashion by Candice Milon

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Perhaps the way French photographer Candice Milon captured iconic movie costumes could be a neat way to photograph your own wardrobe. Which shirt matches with which pants?
But back to the series by Candice Milon. She shows us that the clothes worn by movie actors do play an important role in how we remember those movies. It’s a very nice fashion catalog. Or a catalog for potential movie-themed-party-costumes. But for now it’s a nice way for you to guess the characters’ names and movie titles of each photo.

Candice Milon’s website: candicemilon.com

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Life Made Neat and Tidy by Ursus Wehrli

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This week I purchased a book by Ursis Wehrli. Just a wonderful little book with amazing, funny and inspiring work by this Swiss artist. Some people have this thing called Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. This translates to behavior like always having to touch the door knob 3 times before leaving the room. Or arranging everything as straight as possible. And this OCDness is something that went through my mind when I saw Wehrli’s work. His work seems so simple. He takes it upon himself to organize the world we live in. From the very small, like a bowl of fruit, to something huge, like the night sky.

Perhaps he is doing this because he just wants to place everything in order. Or perhaps it’s a way for him to teach us how to look differently at our everyday world. His work puts a smile on my face. I hope it does the same for you.

Ursus Wehrli’s website: www.kunstaufraeumen.ch

Find his books on Amazon:

The Art of clean up: Life made Neat and Tidy

 

 

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Food & Drinks…and String by Kyle Dreier

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Do you ever wonder what type of drink suits best with the meal you’re about to eat? Well food photographer Kyle Dreier made this easy for you with his series Food & Drinks…and String. Or as some have called it the “Food bondage series”. In this personal project Kyle explorers the stereotypical food pairings. And he does so in a very delicious way. I wonder how long Kyle will go on with this project. Since there are countless possibilities to combine, enjoy and photograph.

Kyle Dreier’s website: www.dreier.com

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Absurd Structures by Filip Dujardin

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If you still think photography has something to do with depicting reality, you really should look at Filip Dujardin’s project (Dis)location. In this series he explores the concept of absurd structures. We all know that models in magazines are manipulated to become more suiting and perfect. Well Filip manages to become an architect who is not bothered by laws, both building as physics. Perhaps he got bored photographing buildings which seem too normal, being an architectural photographer.

In the series he used photographs of buildings in Deauville, France and Guimaraes, Portugal. These photo manipulations are almost an homage to surrealism. And have a strong link to certain types of architecture. The color and softness in the photographs makes that surreal feeling even stronger. This could well have been buildings designed by Disney’s Pixar.

Filip Dujardin’s website: www.filipdujardin.be

EDIT: The main picture and the first and third ones below the article are not from (dis)location but from his previous series, Fictions. You can find more information on Highlight Gallery’s page http://highlightgallery.com/ex… The exhibition will be on until March 29 at Highlight in San Francisco.

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