is this you?

WHAT THE PAPERS SAY

the independent

the face

The Independent (again)

"IS THIS you? Find out at this odd little site, secreted in a quiet corner of the web. 
It's a site you could imagine the Wombles setting up, in that someone has scoured the
 streets of London and posted all the bits and bobs they've found up on the web. 
This street treasure trove mainly consists of passport photos people have left behind
 in photo booths, or hastily scribbled notes that someone must have lost on the tube. 
Log on to the site and scour the series of faces - are you among this lot?
The more people who visit the site, the more likely it is that someone will find 
themselves staring vacantly back at them from the screen. 
You're all out there somewhere, and this site may find room for you..."

The New York Times 

Faces Lost and Found 

Speaking of online collections, there is a growing appetite for found objects, 
particularly photographs. A recent Wired News article said that anonymous 
photographs were being auctioned on eBay for $10 to $40. 

At least one site recognizes the essential nature of found photographs: they have been lost. 
Is This You? (www.isthisyou.co.uk) seeks to reunite subjects with their mislaid images.
More than 50 photographs are displayed at this somewhat wistful, somewhat playful site, 
which says that they were collected from ''photo booths and pavements all over the U.K.'' 
The creator of Is This You?, said that the site was meant to evoke the anonymity and 
randomness of modern life. 
''Many, many people have claimed to have found themselves, some with quite vivid stories 
and descriptions,'' he said. ''Suffice to say, I haven't heard a credible claim yet'' -- 
until last week, that is. 

A Japanese photo ID card was claimed by a woman who said it was stolen in London last year. 
He tends to believe her, and is ecstatic: ''All I ever wanted was for someone to see 
themselves on the site and experience that flash of recognition, that moment of synchronicity
 that happens only a very few times in any life.''

Leicester Mercury
Pocket pictures 
Ever lost one of your passport photos? 
You might find it again at this curious picture gallery. 



Wales on Sunday
Ever lost one of your passport photos? 
You might find it again at www.isthisyou.co.uk. 



This is Accrington,Blackburn,Burnley,Clitheroe,Colne,Darwen,Nelson,Rawtenstall
THERE is a great little website at www.isthisyou.co.uk. 
Someone has come up with the great idea of putting lost photographs
online to try and link them back up with their owners. 
If you have ever lost a passport photo or a set of pictures 
they may appear on this site. 
It's so simple you wonder why no one has thought of it before. 

        

        
HOMAGE
        
 
        
 the windscreen of an abandoned car, brighton 
        
  
        
 

        robert crumb? (copywright: someone else)