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On a Shoe String

© Michelle Alton

On a Shoe String

Uploaded: June 08, 2013

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These days, it seems no matter where you go, if you look up at power wires, you're bound to see a pair of dangling sneakers! I do not know the meaning of this peculiar practice.
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This is a little different. The shoes do not have laces, and they are hanging from a light fixture attached to a building wall at a construction (or reconstruction) site on Samson Street in Center City, Philadelphia.
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Bill and I were wearing our Tribune Press badges when a handsomely-attired tall man strode over to us, and said he'd just been having lunch with the owner of the newspaper! We had an hour-long conversation with him--a Philadelphia-born Baptist pastor who had just moved back from Hollywood, where he had been (and still is) intricately involved with motion picture production.
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Exif: F Number: 5.6, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/500 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 320, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 200.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark III

Comments

Karen E. Michaels level-deluxe June 08, 2013

Nice... Takes me back many years. There are many different meanings to different groups.
Excellent composition and clarity #1531538

Monnie Ryan June 08, 2013

One time when I posted a photo of sneakers on a phone line in a neighborhood street I got several comments telling me this is a sign of gang or drug activity nearby (which given the location didn't seem logical to me). Who knows? But you've got a really neat photo! #10725954

Tiia Vissak June 08, 2013

very original! #10726066

Michelle Alton June 08, 2013

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member since: 10/17/2002 I think shoes on wires is just another form of graffiti? Excellent capture Michelle!
6/8/2013 5:11:27 AM #10726090

Ann H. Belus level-deluxe June 08, 2013

How interesting! Great catch...cool shot! #10726173

Tarun Bose June 08, 2013

Excellent find and super capture, Michelle. #10726355

John Connolly June 08, 2013

A great title for a great capture Michelle! This appears to be an international past time these days! #10726386

Ryan Murphy June 09, 2013

excellent work! #10727379

Jill Odice level-classic June 10, 2013

Interesting variation on what we have here in the desert! WE have trees filled with shoes :-) #10728240

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