Coin-Operated – Arcade Machines, Berlin

Coin-Operated – Arcade Machines, Berlin
[Computerspielemuseum, Berlin]

 

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badlands

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puckman2

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spaceinvader

thurst fire lol

arcade

Macro Pictures: Personal Cassette Player

Macro Pictures: Super Nintendo Gamepad.
[Camera: Digital Harinezumi guru – Final 2011 by SUPERHEADZ]

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personal cassette player

personal cassette player

personal cassette player

personal cassette player

personal cassette player

Fast forward/Play
Spinning to the reels end
No rewind

Polaroids: Skeleton Girl

Polaroids: Skeleton Girl
[Camera: Polaroid SX70/600 – impossible project bw film]

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Weary bones
Objectified – instant
Mutual gratification

Coin-Operated – Arcade Machines, Glasgow

Coin-Operated – Arcade Machines, Glasgow
[Chinatown, Cowcaddens]

These photos were taken in the Chinatown Mall, Glasgow.
Four accompanying haiku document my early sexual experiences.

Fifty pence per play
Clammy hands on warm joysticks
While button flicking

Feeling the pressure
Friends watching over shoulder
Only one life left

 

Hammering controls
A new challenger enters
Knock out! – play again?

The countdown begins
Insert coins to continue
Lost it –  GAME OVER

 

Polaroids: Bunny Girl

Polaroids: Bunny Girl
[Camera: Polaroid Impulse Portrait (with spectra close up lens) – impossible project 600 colour film]

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Cigarette smoke

lingering

for three days

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