Archives: February 2006
Call for entries: "A $3 Love Affair"
February 26, 2006
The Padlock Gallery in Philadelphia is preparing for a show focusing on the photobooth experience, and are looking for submissions. The show, called “A $3 Love Affair,” will feature hundreds of photostrips, pictures that use the booth in “unprecedented” ways....
Brian | 10:06 AM | Art | Comments (2) | TrackBack
Netflix windfall: Movie updates
February 19, 2006
With a recent re-entry into the world of Netflix, I’ve got a clutch of new entries to the Movies and TV section of the site. From 1987, we begin with Best Seller, starring Brian Dennehy and James Woods. Then, we...
Brian | 9:09 PM | Movies | Comments (2) | TrackBack
Photo-Me and UK Post Office: £5m deal
February 14, 2006
International corporation Photo-Me is back in the news this week, this time with some good news: they’ve sealed a deal with the Post Office in the UK. The deal, worth £5m, calls for Photo-Me to supply “digital media kiosks for...
Brian | 10:30 PM | In the News | TrackBack
Liz Rideal's photoboothed plants
The Philadelphia City Paper art roundup makes a brief mention of Liz Rideal’s new show “Above and Below Ground,” which opened recently at Gallery 339 in Philadelphia. “British artist Liz Rideal’s stark photo-booth images of plants and flowers are on...
Brian | 8:34 AM | Art | TrackBack
Will Corwin's photobooth art
February 9, 2006
A piece in Nextbook about artist Will Corwin focuses on his portraits of Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn, but also mentions a work depicting “two lovers kissing in a photo booth.” Though the work isn’t pictured in the article, the author...
Brian | 10:19 PM | Art | TrackBack
California comes alive
February 6, 2006
Thanks to a busy few weeks from contributor Ricky Romero, the listings in our Photobooth Locator for the state of California have exploded to a total of 28 booths, the most for any state we currently list. Ricky contributed 19...
Brian | 8:26 AM | Booth Locations | Comments (2) | TrackBack
Black and white booth on eBay
February 1, 2006
This week sees a new black and white photobooth listed on eBay. The machine, described as “complete except glass that covers front door top flash glass,” has a starting bid of $4500. The machine has also been equipped with a...
