After wandering around the Freshers Fair I figured from the stuff on sale, and the comments I overheard along the lines of “That SO has to go on my wall!” that most students seem to have walls covered in posters, takeaway menus, newspaper cuttings, and Sharpie-graffiti. And so my own little project was born. I don’t want to throw away my damage deposit on blu-tack stains or pin-holes, so I’m limited to the area provided by a notice board already affixed to the wall. That said, it’s a decent sized space, and I’m happy that I can use it well.
The plan is simply to put up photos I like, minimise blank space, and provide a unique frame to the academic year’s planner. I’ve gathered a few photos from on-line sources, as well as scans of old family photos, and either printed them myself on A4 paper, or taken advantage of a free offer on professional prints from a company called Jessops. Okay it’s not quite fulfilling a student stereotype, it’s never going to reach a critical mass of paper and gum, but it’s my nod to the cliché.
The photos include some of my idols from film and sport, immediate relatives, friends, scenes from movies - and from a few people I’ve met online, there are photographs both of their own taking, or those that they have recommended that I find particularly aesthetically attractive.
My personal favourites are Valentino Rossi, Audrey Hepburn, photos of me with family as a child, Ayrton Senna, and the female nudes/sexy-shots.
The first photo below is a little hazy but it depicts the work so far. The other stuff on display are a year-planner, a campus map, and a short series of paddock passes from the days I worked in MotoGP as a driver.
The second image is a little closer to see a sample of the prints more clearly. They include particular favourites of mine that depict the Dalai Lama with Archbishop Desmond Tutu laughing, a bubble at the moment it is burst, a rather sexy woman in a maid’s outfit, and me as a particularly handsome young boy. Both photos expand if you click on them.
(Oh, and my crutchesmake a cameo in pic 1 too – forgot to move them out of shot… Oops!).
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