Picture of the moment: Twelve dollar pipes

At Hempfest hundreds of vendors wander the park hawking their various wares. This vendor struck a chord with me, and I loved his pipes. This shot speaks to me through the pattern created by the foam he lined his tray with interacting with the pipes laid out rigidly in its form. It’s very organic, but at the same time has a lot of hard lines to bring the eye in. This image is surprisingly unedited given how overcast it was. It removed some of the sparkle from the glass, but really added depth to the colors.

I was fascinated by all the glass work at Hempfest and struck up a number of conversations with blowers. I’m planning on working with them to do photo shoots of them blowing glass, and hopefully get a chance to make some interesting photo essays about how a pipe goes from sand to smoke.

Comments

[tres]

wow, i love the texture on the material the pipes are in. is that egg crate foam? i think you could have just taken a picture of the foam without any pipes at all too. i mean the pipes are pretty too, but the foam is lush.