It just occurred to me that I never announced here that I had decided not to photograph lost gloves any more. I think I said something on Flickr and forgot to bring the message back here to the blog.
I was starting to groan when I saw them instead of being amused and excited by the challenge of getting a new picture. I let a few go by and didn’t feel any remorse, so I’m done. Not saying I won’t shoot if I see something extraordinary, but the series is over.
One of my rules when I was photographing them was that I didn’t move or take the gloves. So now that I don’t have to hew to that constraint I’ve started collecting them. Not sure what might come of that. Maybe nothing. I pick up all kinds of stuff on the side of the road from nails to lost credit cards to a Jaguar hood ornament, so picking up the gloves is just another thing. Maybe when I’ve got a big enough pile of stuff inspiration will strike.
hi i am doing an A level project on Lost Gloves !!! i found you website and was amazed with it is there any info you could give me or advice for this project also could i have you name and a little info so that i could use you as a reference in my project and i would not obviously copyright anything but to ensure this it would help to have your name and a little info !
thank you soooooo much
lydia
Hi Lydia, I’ll answer you in email. Thanks for your interest.
This is such a cool project! In fact I am blogging about it now at http://edenborough.wordpress.com
Would love to know what became of Lydia’s project!
Hi my names Nicky. Im also doing a project on lost gloves. Its part of my photography degree course, focusing on documentary practices. I live in Portsmouth in England and its always amused me to see a lost gloves laying on the pavement so ive decided to document them photographically, im also collecting them. I to hve become obsessed with looking for them now though. Anyway could you please email me some information about yourself and how you came about photographing abadoned gloves and any tips you may have. It would be really useful for my research especially as youve done it so well, ive really enjoyed looking at all your photos.
Thank you
Nicky x
Was also bitten by the glove bug. Have been taking photos since 2005 but am only starting to do something with them now.
All the best