I got up early this morning and drove to the Pasadena City College flea market. It was a chilly 50 degrees, but I was warm after walking around for just a few minutes. I’ve noticed that a few of the vendors were starting to recognize me so that’s kind of nice. When I left the studio I told myself I wasn’t going to buy anything, but I wasn’t able to escape without picking up a Polaroid 150 Field Camera (from the late 50s / early 60s) and bomber jacket for my mannequin. Anyway, here are a few photographs from today’s visit.

Several years ago I began my flea market project. I didn’t know it was going to be a "project" when I started and my vision for this collection of photos continues to evolve. Here are few photos from my first early visits to the Rose Bowl Flea Market and the PCC Flea Market (both in Pasadena, California).

Baby Scale

Female Mannequin

Child Mannequin

Mannequin Head

Wood Mannequin

Froggy says thumbs up.

Colored Glass

Tea anyone?

Made me want to visit Nashville (not really).

Wooderson: Say, man, you got a joint?
Mitch: No, not on me, man.
Wooderson: It’d be a lot cooler if you did.

Girls who wear cowboy hats …

Uncle Sam wants YOU Kermit.

Real guns and kids don’t mix. I’m ok with the toys.

Jenny!

Thank goodness for self propelled technology.

Who woulda thunk it?

Very cool vintage advertisements.

E.T. Phone Home

Where’s Waldo?

Nanananananana ….

I loved Big Boy when I was a kid …

Not a Snoopy to be found …

Raggedy Ann & Andy

Pipe clamps. A harbinger of my future work.

Shape, shadows, and lines …

More lines and boxes …