Austin Faces Project...

Here is a neat project using the photobooth as a tool to study a place, and in turn study the culture of that place.  The creator, Greg in Austin, has asked photobooth users at the Shangri-La booth in East Austin to attached their names, place of birth, and small thoughts to a strip of themselves, giving a direct account of the person and personality of the sitter.

We most often view photobooth strips without any additional information to help us paint a picture--no words and often times with no knowledge of the subject's whereabouts or attitudes at the particular moment.  By adding the names and words of the subjects, these strips have become a direct historical (albeit, admittedly wholly unscientific) account of the drinkers at a particular bar in Austin on a particular night.  The words themselves add an element of connection to the individuals while at the same time giving an interesting cross section of a greater unknown population.

Hope to see more as this project develops and evolves...

 Check out the blog austinfacesproject.blogspot.com to watch as more strips are added.