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Halifax, 2004.01.25

Tonight I saw an ad on TV that had a woman burbling the line "There's something to be said for instant gratification" in a non-ironic fashion. It was an ad for digital cameras.

Happily, I spent the last two hours of sunlight today photographing the city with my non-instant-gratifying analog camera that dates to the 70's. When the things didn't require batteries to operate, meaning that I could take photos in the -18C weather. I went down along the Northwest arm, and took photos of fences and snow long shadows and the water.

rand()m quote

An era may be said to end when its basic illusions are exhausted.

—Arthur Miller