95 years ago, science fiction/adventure author Victor Appleton wrote a book with a title that was most likely viewed as insane by the intellectuals of the time. Paul's assistant, James, stumbled across this very book in a used book store in Madison the other week, and thought it was humorously quaint.  Here is a picture of the book:

 

(Tom Swift = Genius)

 

It's a little ironic that this picture of the book was taken with a camera phone.  Isn't it incredible how the progression of time and technology can transform the wildest dreams of fiction authors into an every day reality in less than a century?  We may not have standardized flying cars yet, but we've come a long way in a relatively short period of time.  Think about it; a majority of people walking around on the earth today grew up without the internet or cellular phones.  Now if we don't get a signal on our mobile information devices, we usually feel a bit incomplete and out of touch.  

 

 

(FB 12/365) 

 

Photography is a technology that has only been around less than two centuries.  In that period of time, it has advanced in unbelievable leaps and bounds, to the point that most people walk around with some form of an image-capture device in their pocket (at the very least, a camera phone).  And - as with pretty much every technology there is - what matters is not the technology that a person has at their disposal, but rather, what they can accomplish with it.  Megapixels are no substitution for imagination.

 

Paul is loving working on his Facebook once a day series (shot with his camera phone - the power line image is part of it), and it has really inspired everyone in the studio to get creative with our camera phones.  We're having a great time documenting our daily environments with these relatively simple devices.  If you are excited about images you have taken with your mobile device feel free to share them with us!  One of the unique features that we have built into our blog is the ability for people to send us attachments (such as photographs) through our "Contact" section.  We'd love to see what you've been up to!

 

And speaking of different photography technologies, check out The Impossible Project.  Basically, there is a group that is working to get polaroid film updated and back in production.  Impossible?  They don't think so.  Check it out.

 

Today Team Elledge went on an outing to FEED for lunch.  Although there was some debate over whether or not sweet tea is awesome (1 vote for "Yes," two votes for "No"), there was a general agreement that FEED is one of our favorite lunch spots in the city (warning: it's cash-only).  

 

Although the forecast for the weekend appears to be pretty nice, we recommend that you take a little bit of time to head indoors and check out Officially Unofficial, curated by our friend Scott Thomas.  The show is open until May 31st, but we know how busy you are, and we'd hate for you to miss this pretty amazing collection of work.