9717 by HHS entrant Liz Danahey-Fish

Hey, Hot Shot! contender Liz Danahey-Fish makes photographs of items she's purchased at thrift stores around Los Angeles. She writes, "This is a catalog of last chances — someone saved this stuff when they donated it, someone saved it when they priced it, and I saved it yet again when I bought it."

What she neglects to mention is that she really saves the stuff when she photographs it. She's documenting detritus. She's saving stuff in a way that's a lot more permanent than simply purchasing it for pennies and putting it on a tchotchke shelf.

Her approach is direct and interesting. I'd rather look at her shots than through the Goodwill bins, for sure.

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