VISUAL Diary

An attempt to subvert social media and stay in touch with those around me. Remember when Instagram was for sharing photos?  

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1995 McDonald’s

This is a very nostalgic interior for me. It is exactly the same as the McDo’s I grew up frequenting, pretty much a frozen moment in time. We were a bit hungover and in need of a quick pick me up , and there is really nothing better than a greasy McDonald’s breakfast for soaking up all the alcohol. Luckily, this was directly across the street from us in Pittsburgh.

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Fort Pitt Tunnel

I had always heard about this tunnel entrance to Pittsburgh; so much that the experience of driving through it had almost become mythical. To experience the moment when you drive through the tunnel and then come up onto this really cool city feels like you are being launched out into this new world, a city that has a lot of character and really great people. I had to get an image of it and it just so happened that you go right by it on the way to the funicular incline.

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