Along the Monongahela River by late afternoon light and at night on the way home from the Waterfront in Homestead. Two of my favorite views, anytime of day or night!
I had the cardboard “me” in the car already. We make people out of brown corrugated boxes. I always make myself as a model for the students, this year with gray yarn hair!
Some of you know I teach Art in the City K-8th grade. Not too many people get to make themselves out of scrap cardboard at their job. The “Flat Ruthie” (have you ever seen Flat Stanley?–I photographed him for granddaughter Anna’s school project) was driving around with me cause I was thinking it might make a fun Christmas card, myself and the skyline or something.
In 2009 I was in a self-portrait show at Silver Eye Center of Photography. I can’t tell you how many images I shot of myself in my kitchen, trying to look young and thin. Figured I could achieve both effects with myself as a cardboard puppet. No wrinkles on the smooth cardboard.
Great interpretation for this week theme very creative 🙂
brilliant, creative and funny …yes you do look young and thin!
Love this! Love your job! 🙂
Now that’s a wonderful and fun time!!! Miss my children’s paper cut outs!!!
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O.M.G. — that’s great!! Love it!
Very clever interpretation of the weekly challenge!
Nobody does the job like you! I miss the little cardboard self portraits. You look great!
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I can not believe you have a day and night view. This is hillarious, creative and great. I can only imagine people driving past you seeing the TWO of you in the front seats of your car. Thank you for this joyful image this morning.
I want a Flat Laura!
Look out Flat Stanley – you should write a book!
Beautiful by day, but by night (with the hair over the eye casting a shadow thing go’in on) . . . sexy Ruthie comes out!
You should definitely write a book. Or at least a poem? Entitled “Cardboard Me”
That first pose looks a bit painful but you do look fetching in the night light.
I love the idea too. I think I will start on Flat Nora for Phil”s Christmas present.
What creativity. I bet the students love to go to art class! And to think you even incorporated a reading theme into it…love it! Is Flat Ruthie traveling any where like Flat Stanley?
Maybe I can mail Flat Ruthie to you and you can photograph me visiting the mountain view??
thanks for the nice Christmas card.
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I love it!
this is hilarious – and brilliant!
it reminds me of ‘Flat Stanley’, a school project of the daughter of one of my co-workers who was asked to send a small cut-out, named Flat Stanley, to a friend or relative in another country, and have pictures taken of him. As I was just about to go on a trip to Germany, I took him along, and he appears in many unique places. That was before I had a digital camera, so none I can post online. But such fun.
You could do a series with this from time to time. In the winter, next to a snowman, or in the car, or in the playground on a swing, or in grocery store, or….
Anyhow, I really enjoyed this post. thanks for sharing!
Someone asked where I would like to be mailed to. I just might do it and have people photograph “me” visiting.
What do you think?
Thanks for the nice comment. That was a fun post.
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WOW. This is great, so creative how you interputed the challenge. Love following your posts.
Really creative 🙂
You’re so… two-dimensional. Seriously, this is quite a fun post.
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Love the spin you put on the theme.
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Wow, you look great.
I love your take on this challenge! SO fun. 🙂
Very creative entry! Love “Flat Ruthie’s” camera!
Terrific! It’s equally good finding this at the end of the day! Love the photo backgrounds, too! XOXOXO
As teacher, I think I recall Flat Stanley… didn’t he get mailed off somewhere? Where would you like to be mailed to;)
Great idea, about mailing me. I think I would like to be shipped to your kitchen!!
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Love your interpretation.
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Funny all over the place 🙂 Thank you for sharing your photos with us.
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Great idea. Great pictures.
I love the humour and inventiveness.
“I had the cardboard “me” in the car already.” 🙂
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Love it!
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Very creative interpretation for this challenge!