Off you go hunting through your back catalogue of photos, until you find one which might look striking if it was selectively coloured. The first one that seems to match the bill is not an original idea, by any stretch of the imagination, but then again red, white and blue does provide a nice contrast to black and white. I think I took this photo when I visited Bellefonte with Mumsie last year. So here we are; someone's flag in all its glory.
As pretty as the flag picture is, somehow it just doesn't scream
Ryan did thisat you. So I was thinking, what photograph do I have that really epitomises me-ness? Of course, there was only ever going to be one answer to that question. If red, white and blue looks good what about some black, white and red?
Now, I think you'll agree, that certainly is lot more Ryan-esque. And to think they said I had no artistic talent when I was at school.
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Yeah, the photo is not everybody's cup of tea. The person whose windscreen wipers are visible at the bottom of the picture, was fairly shocked that I wanted to take a photo of it.
To give the picture a little context, it was taken during a road trip (to the source of the Mississippi) in northern Minnesota and this was the only vehicle we'd seen for a couple of hours. We were driving along one of those long, straight American country roads that seem to go on forever. The truck started out as a tiny speck on the horizon, and as we got closer, and could make out more of the shape, we were wondering what on Earth it was... then we found out. So, naturally, I had to take a photo.
I mean, how many times do you get the chance to take a photo of a dead cow strung up by its feet on the back of a pickup truck?
I've looked at that thing a number times, wondering, what the heck IS that?
That's a feeling many people get when they look at Ryan...
That's a feeling many people get when they look at Ryan...
Oh, and to think that is actually one of the more flattering photos of me.
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