Archive
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The Archive, Phase 2
[The following blog post was written in August 2009 and signified the second phase of the effort to create a Ghostsigns Archive. This has been realised with the archive opening for business on 19th Mrch 2010. Visit this page for more information.] Commit your photos to the Ghostsigns Archive. Just under five months ago I set […]
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Ghostsigns and the long tail…
I’ve been doing a bit of work on the archive and recording the number of photos contributed by each photographer involved. (These are from of an edited set of about 1,500 selected from the c.2,500 so far in the Flickr group.) The graph above plots each photographer along the bottom and the number of photos […]
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Latest Locations & Some Missing
Following the previous mapping of the archive postcodes, here’s an update representing the c.600 signs catalogued for the archive across the key categories being worked on. There are also quite a few that are still waiting on location information, specifically street names and postcodes. These are listed below (alphabetical by county). If anyone can help […]
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Media & Shops
This montage is again a little bit of a mixed bag featuring signs from the Media, Cinema & Entertainment and Shops & Retail categories. See more images in the Flickr group being used to set up the Ghost Signs Archive. Thanks again to everyone contributing their images, keep them coming! If you have any interesting […]
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Interesting Perspectives
These three images were submitted back to back into the ghostsigns pool being used to establish the archive. They stood out because of their very unique perspectives on three signs that are frequently photographed. For comparison I’ve included my own photos for two of them. This is michaelpickard‘s photo of the Donovan Bros sign from […]
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Odds & Sods
This montage is a little bit of a mixed bag featuring signs from the Razors & Stationery and Pets & Feed categories which also include some for paint and coal companies. See more images in the Flickr group being used to set up the Ghost Signs Archive. Thanks again to everyone contributing their images, keep […]