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Gary R Hook's avatar

All of them, together.

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Mark Foard's avatar

Thanks, Gary! Much appreciated.

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Clee Images's avatar

I like the door with the LOVE written on the side.

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Mark Foard's avatar

Thanks, Clee!

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perfectlight's avatar

they are all good but the light and colours in the first one stands out for me

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Mark Foard's avatar

Thanks for commenting, perfectlight.

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Susanne Helmert's avatar

Agreed! A weird, but good atmosphere in the first one!

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Mark Foard's avatar

Thanks, Susanne. It was in the basement of a large building. It gave me the feeling of being outside the Principal’s office at school or some other equally unnerving place. The lighting really added to that feeling.

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Juliette's avatar

I REALLY like these! Great colors and the arrangement/sequencing is perfect.

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Mark Foard's avatar

Thank you 🙏

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Richard Partridge's avatar

Number 10 (I think) the armchair - it seems so melancholic there - so abandoned

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Mark Foard's avatar

Thanks for commenting, Richard. It does look very sad and abandoned doesn’t it. It was there for quite awhile before it was finally removed.

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Ben Mapplewell's avatar

Fun series! Face down chair on the other side of the fence is a favourite. Totally done with being a chair!

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Mark Foard's avatar

Thank you! Happy to hear you liked the photos. Love the way you describe the upside down chair. Perfectly sums it up.

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Mark White's avatar

the green clapboard. love that one. and the two by the empty pool.

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Mark Foard's avatar

Thanks, Mark!

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gery's avatar

The one with the umbrella, ex aequo with the second from the top

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Mark Foard's avatar

Thanks, gery!

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Nadine3892's avatar

Great series. I love these!

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Mark Foard's avatar

Thank you so much, Nadine, and thanks for the restack.

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søren k. harbel's avatar

This is really great! Got me thinking!! Chairs are such lovely sculptures! Thank you, Mark!

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Mark Foard's avatar

Thank you, Søren. Happy to hear that I’ve given you food for thought.

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søren k. harbel's avatar

I love a good chair! I have two folders, one with chairs and another with benches…. what to do, what to do?? 😃 I will get to them one day.

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KewtieBird’s Photo Journey's avatar

Love this series!! Best of the best are maybe 1 8 9 12 for me. 💜!

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Mark Foard's avatar

Much appreciated, KewtieBird!

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Todd Haughton's avatar

What a fun series! I especially like the ones in outdoor urban environments because they make me want to know the story behind the people who have previously used those chairs.

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Mark Foard's avatar

Thanks, Todd. I feel the same way about some of those ones too. How the heck did the chair get there? Was it dumped? Was it always there? So many questions and no answers.

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Lin Gregory's avatar

It's between one and six for me...one because of the light and colours, six because of the window through to another window and the colour. This series would make a great zine!

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Mark Foard's avatar

Thanks, Lin. The first one does seem to be popular. This is an ongoing project for me (“oh look! A chair! I must get a photo”) and I do like the idea of a zine as a way to wrap it all up at some point.

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Deborah T. Hewitt's avatar

I can't pick! Love them all 🙌🏻

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Mark Foard's avatar

Thanks, Deborah! Much appreciated.

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Deborah T. Hewitt's avatar

I adore shoots compiled like this!! and the street art as you know! Hope you’re doing well. ox

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Mark Foard's avatar

All good here, thanks. Hopefully, the same for you.

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okayfoto's avatar

I kind of love them all haha. You had me counting them for sure.

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Mark Foard's avatar

I had to recount them myself several times to make sure I had the right number. Thanks for the comment!

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Rowland Scherman's avatar

These are all swell pictures. I see a book in your future.

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Mark Foard's avatar

Haha! Thanks, Rowland. I hadn’t had a book in mind but I now feel a little seed might have been planted.

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Rowland Scherman's avatar

Better hurry. I know a couple of lensmen (and women) who like photographing chairs.

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