Archives: May 2005
7th International Photobooth Convention
May 27, 2005
The Photobooth Convention is just around the corner and we are getting very excited. Regardless of where you are in the USA, you can still make it to the convention if you start driving now. I’ve been busy getting things...
Tim | 10:12 PM | Community | Comments (1)
A rhino walks into a fotomat...
May 26, 2005
In his NBA Draft preview article on FoxSports.com, writer Randy Hill talks about two players from the New Orleans Hornets this way (and forgive us for doing a double take - there’s a team called the New Orleans Hornets? It’s...
Brian | 8:32 AM | In the News
"Gorgeous" photobooth on eBay
May 24, 2005
A black-and-white photobooth in Eureka, California is up for auction this week on eBay. The booth is described as a “Gorgeous Vintage 4-Strip B&W Photobooth,” and has an unknown reserve as well as a $5000 “Buy It Now” price. The...
Brian | 12:08 PM | In the News
Jonathan Safran Foer, big spender
May 21, 2005
According to an article in today’s Guardian, author and media darling Jonathan Safran Foer spent $2,000 in a photobooth “trying to get the right picture” for the dust jacket for his first book Everything is Illuminated. “$2,000 is a bit...
Brian | 10:01 AM | Booth Locations , In the News
"Underground actor" photos on eBay
May 17, 2005
The latest edition of “eBay’s weird world of photobooth stuff” features half a photostrip of black and white shots purporting to depict Chicago stage actor Danny Belrose (not to be confused with Evangelist Danny Belrose, with his “Wrods of...
Brian | 2:58 PM | Art
Photobooth makeout photos #294
May 16, 2005
We cover the tough stories here at Photobooth.net, like this one, about Jai Rodriguez of “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” fame, who apparently took photos of himself kissing a woman in a photobooth at Fran Drescher’s “Living with Fran”...
Brian | 2:16 PM | In the News
Billy's back
May 11, 2005
Another copy of the 2003 Billy Childish book “photo-booth” has been listed on eBay this week, with a starting bid of £50. The description for the item once again mentions Tracey Emin, the most well-known personality photographed in the book,...
Brian | 7:57 AM | Art
UK resident: photobooth is "silly"
May 6, 2005
Residents in Workington in northern England would rather see a post box in their local post office than a photo booth, according to an article in the Workington Times & Star. We can’t blame them, actually; it seems pretty strange...
Brian | 3:07 PM | Booth Locations
Woolworth Museum opens
May 4, 2005
The National Trust for Historic Preservation reports on the opening of a restored Woolworth building in Oxnard, California. The building opened as a Woolworth store in 1950 and closed in the late 1990s, when Woolworth closed their 400 remaining U.S....
Brian | 11:06 PM | Booth Locations
Real Simple's fake photobooth
May 3, 2005
This image, found in the May 2005 issue of Real Simple magazine, takes the cake for the most ambitious faked photobooth yet. The booth is real, I do believe, but the metal delivery chute has been moved (in Photoshop) from...
Tim | 5:24 AM | In the News
Welcome, world!
May 2, 2005
This sunny spring morning brings with it the full, official, public debut of Photobooth.net. Since this site has at its core an interest in collecting and documenting the history of the hard-to-find photobooth and its often ephemeral by-products, it seems...
