love this

totally loving dear photograph - it's directive: take a picture of a picture from the past in the present. i find the one above particularly sweet.

OPP, take 12

haven't posted an OPP in ages, so here's one featuring a young Brad Pitt... 

He wasn't ashamed to admit his first love was go-karting. But he was embarrassed that his plaid shorts clashed with the red checkered flag. 

OPP, take 11

Who needs a pony when you can have a zebra?

OPP, take 10

Paris. Summer. Rooftop photo-op. Hey man, now you're really livin'. 

OPP, take 9

As it turns out, his poor spelling would be the least of her worries...

OPP, take 8

This TV dinner would be much better if we owned a TV. 

OPP, take 7

It was an uneventful family outing to Pikes Peak...

...until Mom started making out with strangers at the summit:

sorry alex & kyle

mom & dad made you dress up back in october for the holiday pic, pretending it was already christmas. and now look at you. here you are dumped out on the street, soiled in the gutter. bummer, dudes. 

double duty

tired of your current family? not only are OPPs amusing, they also give you instant relatives for just a buck! 

OPP, take 6

Not surprisingly, all she could think was, "it's HUGE!" 

OPP, take 5

it's official. drug fair is the hottest spot in town. 

happy holidays...or, not

totally stole this from last in london's facebook posting, but as you know i'm a fan of other people's pictures (OPPs) and they are too funny not to share. 

the chicago tribune is compiling "scared of santa" photos on its site. you can check them out here.  

opp, take 4

this OPP because it reminded me of the french painter jean françois millet - rural life, peasants at work. 

normally, she didn't mind farming. but this micromanagement and constant poking was just too much. 

 

opp, take 3

Charles laughed & posed for the camera, as if poor Jimmy wasn't lying there moaning in agony. 

OPP, take 2

so, mixed response to the last OPP posts. but, i'm still totally fascinated by them. thankfully, i now have a new scanner, so the image quality is way better. here's a second:

She learned a valuable lesson at an early age - you can never have enough pool toys. 

my new hobby: OPPs

not that i need to start collecting something else, but i've recently become obsessed with other people's photographs. i've thought about collecting them for while now, but it wasn't until this past weekend that i purchased any at the flea market. 

apparently, i'm not the only one with this bizarro interest. there was a documentary a few year's back called Other People's Pictures and dozens of blogs about found photos. 

 

i'm not really sure what i want to do with them yet. art project? creative writing inspiration? 

maybe we can have a caption contest? let's give it a try. feel free to write in your witty caption and/or back story for the OPP. here's our first below...

OPP, take 1

so, here is our first OPP. it's from august 1962 - a nun behind the wheel of a whale of a car. 

She vowed to break her habit of running red lights. 

any other suggestions?