Great, where did you find it? really nice, especially idea.

ps: I took a different route from work to the train station, meandering through the back-streets, and just found it stuck to a wall in an alley near the station.

back-streets, i'm always trying to avoid that kind of places... weird? well, life...

I really enjoy the texture of the wall. Very random image.

Strange place to leave a photo... I like the background texture too. Very crisp.

PS- I like yesterday's photo a lot-- didn't see it until now.

that looks like Bre from ANTM, cycle5

Several decades ago I found a photo while out walking (downtown Colorado Springs, US) with my then 10-year-old son. I told him we could find the people in the photo if we believed we could and were clever and persistent enough. We worked on it for a couple of months but never did (despite VERY rigorous and persistent efforts) figure out who the people were or where the photo was taken.

Some years later I looked up one day at my surroundings at work (I was Maitre 'D of a 5-star restaurant in Colorado Springs at that time, having worked there about a year) and suddenly noticed (don't ask me how or why) that the environment in the background there reminded me of that found photo from years earlier. I dragged it out from stowage upon arriving home, and sure enough, Charles Court (my employ) was exactly where the photo had been taken.

I tracked down several ladies who had worked at the hotel ("The Broadmoor") for many years and asked if they remembered/recognized either of the two women in the photo, and finally did find one who knew exactly who they were and could recall their names (they had both once worked there at the hotel). Tracking them to the latest findable addresses proved futile (I thought it would be fun to return the photo), as they had left the area without leaving any forwarding information (for who knows where). However... it has never left me just how spooky the universe can be when arriving one at one's intended destinations in life - in this case, the finding out of who the people in the photo were and exactly where it was taken. All in all, one truly bizarre "found photo" experience.

I've wondered whether I had been somehow "directed" to that job (which I only did for a few more months after that) just so I could complete the loop on a desire of my son's and mine that had had so much "energy" invested in it.

Usually, I wouldn't take this much space on your photoblog to tell a story, but this story seems SO completely germaine to today's photograph that I thought it might actually add something to some viewers' (and perhaps your) experience if it.

Your photographs OFTEN lead to other "layers"/experiences... One of the several things "good art" should do, IMHO.

Bet you can't find the girl (is that a girl?) in your found pic! ;-)

Easy to see from this shot why you would consider found photos spooky. This looks like an opening shot from Wire in the Blood or something. Excellent composition.

I really like this shot, it makes you think about the story that might exist behind the photo. The composition is good with the pointing leading your eyes back to the photograph all the time. I think this might have looked better de-saturated a little, but that's just me.

Very "one and othering".

there is a livejournal community dedicatged to posting found photos
http://www.livejournal.com/community/foundphotos/

there are some very eerie photos,
some comical ones too.

Cool story Peter. Cool link Chris.
Interesting photo DJN. Nice saturation, detail and composition.

that does not look like bre!
and
i find this photo incredibly sad..

Heartbreaking shot, beautifully rendered.

These built in BG grids really help nail that 'rule of thirds'!

An intriguing image.

Cheers

There is some woman walking around wondering where her third passport picture went.

....Interesting resonance between her skin colour and the bricks
There is a lovely French film called "Amélie Poulain" in which a lot of story revolves around photos from photocabins.
Really liked the story Peter, thanks for sharing!

Wow...What to say?
Truly inspiring,brutal. whats her story? one can look at your pic and make up a thousand stories!
Great shot!

Just wonderful.

Do u take your camera allways when u return from work ?

And if it's "yes", what bag do you use ?

Thanks.

Thanks everyone, especially Peter, that was a great story.

Enric: I use a Lowepro Toploader 65 Aw.

Thanks, I'm new on photography and my first problem it's that I don't know how to carry a camera without look like a geek :D

Nice. The texture in is enhancing the picture quite well.

my collection of found photos here:
www.davescollections.com

i thought i'd posted this before, but didn't. sorry about that.