Sedans, one of the list items, have sparked a surprising amount of discussion, mostly over how one defines them — pointing to the mix of international participants who have signed on.
Tom Henkel at CHIEFTAIN STUDIO noted that he has changed his approach to the assignment, going out “with the list in the back of my mind” instead of “specifically looking for things.” That yielded his favorite submission to date (below), of not one but two sedans: “it has a quirky quality I like — dirty old car collecting junk, sitting next to the shiny new replacement.”
“The last two days went like this. My last afternoon in Huwei, Taiwan I got driven in a sedan to a nursing hospital/hotel to say goodbye to my boss, post-labor. I walked in her room to find her sitting in a rocking chair watching her sleeping newborn on the TV.
12 hours later, Pilot Captain Sweepanthreepron of Thai Airways welcoming us aboard.
Suitcases(?) in Incheon Airport, South Korea (no, just kidding)
Suitcase in Incheon, South Korea
Then 14 hours over the Pacific, another flight across the Midwestern U.S to Indianapolis, where my in-laws picked us up in a Heavy-Duty truck and delivered us way out to a small town in the corn fields, where this morning I woke up to what they call “Severe Clear” skies and the peaceful emptiness of a spare American neighborhood. We took a walk to visit some sheep at the end of the street. I like this treasure hunt.
Real sheep in Greentown, Indiana, USA
Rounding out the update on “From Here to There”: a couple of submissions that have people checking “amateur painting” off the list:
painting + door image by Rosalyn Song