I try to imagine living when this truck was new. When seeing a typeface like this (check out the letter O and the zeros) said “fresh and new and trendy!” rather than “classic.” When this truck was desirable for entirely different reasons than it is now.
Also, this truck smelled very strongly of gasoline.
This is a shot from last summer at Oui Presse here in Portland. It started as a low-resolution Instagram and I just recreated it at a higher resolution with Flare and Photoshop. Trying to duplicate the look I got with the original Instagram was a lost cause, so I just felt it out. I’m including the original “straight from camera” shot below so you can see what I started with.
This past Christmas Eve, my parents and I did a little exploring in Portland and ended up in the St. Johns neighborhood to buy wrapping paper at Safeway. Exciting!
And we saw the bridge, too.
I don’t want to be a downer or anything, but, damn, this photo from April 2011 pretty well captures what today has felt like.