Archives: April 2005
Fitchburg photobooth fracas
April 27, 2005
A lengthy photobooth session led to a major altercation at a Massachusetts Chuck E. Cheese’s this past Sunday, the Fitchburg Sentinel & Enterprise reports. Three girls, all cousins, aged 21, 18, and 14, were arrested and charged with “assault and...
Brian | 10:30 AM | In the News
New Condé Nast imprint features photobooth pictures
April 25, 2005
Domino, billed as “the shopping magazine for your home,” is the latest offering from the Condé Nast empire. The debut issue features a story about three mother-daughter duos and their decorating similarities. Each duo is pictured in a black...
Tim | 7:02 PM | In the News
Photobooth produces best snapshots says Reader's Digest
In the May 2005 issue of Reader’s Digest, the editors select “America’s 100 Best” falling in six categories: Legacies, Passions, Adventure, Innovations, Time Off, and Connections. In the Time Off section, old-fashioned photobooths are named the Best Snapshots. We...
Tim | 6:48 PM | In the News
Photobooth seat for sale
April 21, 2005
French eBay is a treasure trove of photobooth paraphernalia, we’ve recently discovered. After nabbing a photobooth pin and Photomaton promotional brochure a few weeks ago, I came across this interesting item today: an adjustable photobooth seat, or “Tabouret de photomaton,”...
Brian | 7:45 AM | In the News
Two rare photobooth books listed on eBay
April 16, 2005
Two oft-cited but hard to find photobooth art books are currently listed on eBay. The first is photo-booth, a zine-like photobooth pic book by Billy Childish (prolific rocker, poet, artist, author). It purports to be the artist’s personal copy, but...
Tim | 2:09 PM | Art
Color booth on eBay starting at $1
April 13, 2005
It’s been a few weeks since a photobooth has been listed for sale on eBay, but today brings us a color booth sold by American Amusement Co. of Rossville, Georgia. The five day auction begins with an opening bid of...
Brian | 5:16 PM | In the News
Berlin Fotoautomaten
April 12, 2005
I came across a couple of nice photos of foto/photoautomaten on Antenna’s Fotolog recently. One of them even features “ein Wartebänkchen,” or “little waiting bench” - gotta love German compound nouns. From my rudimentary research, I place them in Berlin,...
Brian | 11:33 AM | Booth Locations
Chicago Tribune's "Strange Allure"
April 11, 2005
As a way of catching up with blog-worthy material from the recent past, I’ll be posting some notes about articles and mentions that are worth noting but aren’t the newest of the new. The most useful and well-written article from...
Brian | 3:53 PM | Booth Locations , In the News
The "modest comeback" of the photobooth
Synthesizing articles from the Chicago Tribune and the New York Times into a brief catch-up, Richmond Times-Dispatch columnist Gary Robertson discusses photobooths in his American Trends column today. Nothing new to report, but when we start seeing news reports about...
Brian | 8:20 AM | In the News
Coronation Street Wedding 'booth
April 8, 2005
Tonight, Ken and Deirdre, characters on the long-running UK soap Coronation Street will marry, and a photobooth has a role to play in the episode. Their wedding was set to coincide with the Royal Wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla...
Brian | 4:09 PM | TV
Bob & Tom's Bob marries, rents photobooth
Bob Kevoian, co-host of the nationally syndicated morning radio show The Bob & Tom Show, got married this past weekend. The Indianapolis Star reports that the reception featured lots of great local music and a photobooth....
Tim | 1:45 PM | In the News
Orlando Sentinel jumps on the bandwagon
April 5, 2005
If Defamer thought the Times article was a buzzkill, wait ‘till they read what the Orlando Sentinel has to say; let’s just say it involves comparing photobooths to “apple pie and baseball.” Titled “Back in the Picture,” the article in...
Brian | 11:23 PM | Booth Locations , In the News
Twin Cities bar changes hands, booth lives on
April 4, 2005
A recent article in City Pages laments the change in ownership of local Minneapolis/St. Paul musical venue The Turf Club, but notes the “photo booth that launched a thousand romances” will persist. The broken photobooth (experienced by Mr. Meacham in...
Tim | 5:23 PM | Booth Locations
Warhol's Holly Solomon photos at auction
April 3, 2005
An Artdaily.com preview of the upcoming Christie’s New York Spring 2005 Photographs sale includes a mention of the well-known Holly Solomon photobooth photos. The set of six strips, taken at photobooths at 47th and Broadway in 1963 and 1964, is...
