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02/17/2005 01:17:16 PM · #101
I think this is going to be a really tricky challenge. You not only have to find something to fit the period, you have to find something to fit the period in the opinion of people of all ages from just about anywhere around the planet. There's a bunch of Americana stuff mentioned in this thread that just won't resonate to the rest of us. Should be a lot of fun to see what people do.

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02/17/2005 01:18:46 PM · #102

02/17/2005 01:19:55 PM · #103
02/17/2005 01:20:47 PM · #104
The 70's in North America were full of political outrage and chaos in general, personally I'd like to see political statements represented as opposed to straight-up peace signs. But I don't know how well this theme will translate across borders.

02/17/2005 04:01:08 PM · #105
Originally posted by riotspyne:



Trying to picture what they look like now.
02/17/2005 04:09:51 PM · #106
Originally posted by nsbca7:


Trying to picture what they look like now.


Very different
02/17/2005 04:14:59 PM · #107
Originally posted by KaDi:

Originally posted by adyus:

Ok, so what should us mid-80s kids do about this challenge? I'll go ask my pops, but he'll probably give the old "we had to carry a camera twice the size in knee-deep snow uphill both ways" speech... I'll see if I can find an old 70s car around, it's the only thing I can think of. Anybody else got any groovy ideas?


See if you can find a Chevy van with shag carpeting on the dashboard and a waterbed in the back. If you're successful and get into the groove you won't really care if your photo takes a dive. :o)

edit:typo


sounds like some of these kids may have been conceived in that very vehicle lol
02/17/2005 04:18:02 PM · #108
Originally posted by riotspyne:



This looks just like my grandmother's couch and woodpaneling. Are you related to me? hehe
02/17/2005 04:53:14 PM · #109
We all had that couch and paneling... and were once that young
02/17/2005 05:05:21 PM · #110
i remember brown lathed walls all over the place...eek
like living inside a turd
this challenge brings up traumas
hmm
02/17/2005 05:06:34 PM · #111
Originally posted by louddog:



OMG.. I had that exact same suit!!!!
02/17/2005 05:06:35 PM · #112
Originally posted by canoe3k:

We all had that couch and paneling... and were once that young


yea, I've got the same picture except throw in my parents holding me instead (in the 80's however). I'm diggin' it..feelin nostalgic.
02/17/2005 06:07:17 PM · #113
Originally posted by Kylie:

Originally posted by RulerZigzag:

looks as if there are going to be a lot of indoor shots. Im assuming some old junk photos that might make interesting compositions. I was born in '77 so I dont remember the heyday's of that decade, but I do have some interesting ideas. I wonder if anyone will be attending any car shows this week?


Did someone say car show??????? LOL I promise I won't enter any more cars for a while!!


If they're as good as what you have been entering, why stop?
02/17/2005 06:31:13 PM · #114
crap, dont remeember the 70s. born in 89 lol. but i do have 70s hair and wear hippy jesus-moses sandals everywhere.
02/17/2005 06:36:09 PM · #115
I was born in 1988 I'm going to have to spenmd sometime figuring out what to shoot. When I saw the challenge I was like "ugh...thats not cool"

Message edited by author 2005-02-17 18:36:35.
02/17/2005 06:38:33 PM · #116
Originally posted by darkornithopter:

I was born in 1988 I'm going to have to spenmd sometime figuring out what to shoot. When I saw the challenge I was like "ugh...thats not cool"

same. lol, i get a lotta people telling me i look like ashton kutcher, so hes on that 70s show, so maybe something? i have no idea. lol
02/17/2005 06:50:56 PM · #117
Woodstock was in 1969, But Im curious, was anywone else there? I was the skinng girl with the long frizzie hair in bell bottoms, did you see me?
02/17/2005 07:03:10 PM · #118
Originally posted by Discraft:

i think the fashions come back sooner or later... here in portugal people are very 70's wearing... sort of... they call it the fashion people... so guess it always comes back to the originas but not the same as the way people thought in that time. the ideias are diferent but the clothes are similar... now the question is what fashion will come next... :) thanks riot


What he said - I actually own a pair of flared jeans and some fairly seventies style clothes.... now if I can just grow an afro and a suitable 'stache' by next wednesday I should be able to throw on a headband, take a couple of self portraits and win this puppy in a canter :).

Any aussies or kiwis here see the 20/20 cricket match between australia and new zealand yesterday ? How good were those new zealand throwback outfits - (for those of you who didn't see it - all the new zealand players wore their 1970's beige and brown uniforms with the huge collars and all of them grew 70's style facial hair and wore headbands - it was hilarious). The funny thing was - when I turned on the game I couldn't figure out why ricky ponting was batting in a late 1970's world series match when he'd only been playing for australia for 7 or 8 years!

Sorry for the confusion north american readers - don't worry, we'll return to our usual programming shortly :P.

Message edited by author 2005-02-17 19:04:30.
02/17/2005 08:19:14 PM · #119
well at first i thought i'd never be able to submit something to fit this theme as i'm a young'un and didn't experience the 70's (although i do have curtains that look like they came straight out of a cereal packet in the 70's lol)....

I've got a pretty good idea but instead of being "outside the box" it's a bit borderline so hopefully the results wont reflect my recent submission lol.

I'm gonna love seeing some of the entries, i dare say a few will be very groovy!
02/17/2005 08:54:34 PM · #120
For those of you dissing the 70's, it was a great time to be a teenager.

Drugs were almost legal
The drinking age was was 18 and licenses were paper with no photo anyway, so the defacto drinking age was 16.
There was no Aids
There was no Herpes... In fact VD only meant a shot of penicillin in your butt.
Nobody had discovered that the pill had bad side effects so most HS girls were on it. And, abortion was legal, cheap and there were no protesters - in fact it was advertised on the radio.
Drunk driving was a relatively minor offense if nobody got killed.

I know that we look at some of these issues differently as adults but as for growing up, I will put the 70's up against any era.
02/18/2005 12:39:10 AM · #121
Cheesy huh?


Message edited by author 2005-02-18 00:48:33.
02/18/2005 12:53:01 AM · #122
Originally posted by emorgan49:

Woodstock was in 1969, But Im curious, was anywone else there? I was the skinng girl with the long frizzie hair in bell bottoms, did you see me?


1969??? really,, oh man,, I musta been worse than I thought. Come to think of it, I do seem to recall a skinny girl with long frizzie hair in bell bottoms.........MY LORD,,, was that you??? hehehehe

Ray
02/18/2005 02:22:54 AM · #123
Class of '79. At the very least, this one will be fun to view and score! (much better than "pain"!) Check out those glasses!

02/18/2005 06:22:00 AM · #124
Here's some family stuff from the 70's

Halloween 1975

Family garden harvest (Beagleboy on the left, Jacko on the right)

Our dad's sexy beard, circa 1978 or 1979

Jacko's 3rd birthday (1975). So much for security in those days... nice non-flame-retardant hat he's wearing there.
02/18/2005 07:05:56 AM · #125
Have to think a bit about this challenge, wont be easy
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